Bl. ex. thai. 77. POLYGALEZE. 415. Poly gala. 6^7 



Fam. XII. 77. POLYGALEiE. Jussieu. 



Calyx 5-sepaled; aestivation imbricate; side-lobes often 

 largest, petaloid ; petals 3 or 5, joined by the androphorcj 

 rarely distinct ; stamens 8, hypogynous ; filaraenis connate 

 below into a tubular androphore; anthers 1-celled, inserted 

 at the base, opening by a pore at top ; ovary simple, two- 

 celled ; ovule solitary, pendulous ; style 1 ; stigma often 

 2-lipped ; pericarp mostly capsular, 2-celled, 2-valved ; 

 valves septiferous in the middle; seed pendulous; hilum 

 strophiolate or comose ; corculum axile; perisperm fleshy. 

 — Stem herbaceous or .shrubby, mostly bald ; leaves simple, 

 not cut, alternate; stipules 0; flowers spiked, terminal. 



415. POLYGALA. Dioscorides. Milk-wort, 



Calyx 5-^^xtedi, coloured; 2 side-lobes largest, wing- 

 'shaped ; coroZ/a-ZoM/er-Zip bearded beneath. 



1. Poly gala vulgaris. Common mUk-wort. 

 Leaves linear, lanceolate, acute ; calyx-wings ovate, 



S-ribbed, as long as the corolla. 



PolygaU, Rail Syn. 587 , * 1 ; Ger.^ eni.;5<64jr3,-4,^Bd 5. 



Poljgala minor, Park. 1332. 



Polygala vulgaris, Lin. S. P. 986. 



Procession flower . Rogation flower . Hedge hyssop, Herb women. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 

 Roots woody; stem simple, trailing; leaves bald; flowers 

 purple, red or white. 



2. Poly gala amara. 'Bitter milk-^wort. 

 J^eaye^ blunt; upper leaves linear, lanceolate; radical 



-reverse ovate; calyx-wings ovate, -S-ribbed, blunt, longer 

 4ban the eorolla. 



Polygala amara,- WtVW.S. -p. 



Pastures and heaths ;"pereTmial; June and Jul3^ 

 Moot viQ£>d^'yStem upright; flowers purple, flesh-colour, 

 or white. 



Fam. XIII. 78.VIOLACE^.Be Ganddl. Fro/ce, Jussieu. 



Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5, hypogynous, unequal, one ge- 



"*;Mera[lly • spurred ; stamens 5, hypogynous; flwfAe?-5 often 



^Coalescent^'oyary l,free; 5/yZe 1 ; co/ziz/Ze 1-celled, 3--"valved, 



many^seeded; valves septiferous in the middle; perisperm 



thin, fleshy; corculum straight. — Stem, herbaceous; /go?'e^ 



alternate, stipuled ; flowers solitaiy, blue or yellow; au- 



tumDaliflowess often^apetalous. 



