XXXIX. POLYGALACE.E. 



1. POL YG AL A SERIES. 



The Milkworts/ {Yx. Laitiers) (fig. 104-106) have regiikr herma- 

 phrodite flowers. Theii- convex receptacle supports from below 



Fi^. 105. DiaoTam. 



Polijgahi opponfifolia. 



Fig. 104. Floriferous branch. Fig. lOG. Long. sect, of llowcr {?). 



upwards, the calyx, corolla, androceum, and gyuœceum. The calyx 

 is formed of five very dissimilar pieces, imbricated in quincuncial 



1 Polygala T. Iiut. 174, t. 79.— L. Gen. n. 

 851.— Adans. F(im. d'.s PL ii. 358.— J. Gen. 99. 

 — Lamk. Diet. V. 485; Suppl. iv, 474; Jl/.t. 

 503.— DC. PjuIi: i. 321.— Tuep. in Diet. ,Se. 

 Knt. Atl. t. 174,— A. S. H. et ifoQ. in Mém. 



Mus. xvii. 915, t. 27, 28; xix. 326. — Spach, 

 Snlt. à Buffoii, xii. 117.— Endl. Gen. n. 5647.— 

 Payer, Oryanog. 139, t. 31.— A. Gray, Qen. 

 III. t. 183, 184.— B. H. Gen. 136, 974. n. 2.— H. 

 Bn. in Payer Fam, Nat. 309. — Schnizl. Icmogr- 



