POLYGALEyE. 



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" j8. amhhjptera. Wing almost as broad as 

 capsule." — Koch. 



"7. alpestris. Dwarf. Even the upper- 

 most L. elliptic." — Koch. 



" 5. austriaca. El. very small. Wings 

 often shorter than capsule."— Koch. 



" 6. uliginosa. El. small. Caps, forming 

 an angle at the base." — Godron. 



iii. Wings ?>-nerved. Nerves with arched 

 anastomosing veins. 



5. Preslii. " Quite smooth. Stems 

 ascending. L. somewhat sen-ulate; lowest 

 obovate ; upper elliptic, attenuate. Eac. ter- 

 minal. Wings elliptic, acute at each end, 

 shorter than corolla, longer than nearly sessile 

 capsule, p. 4-6. Open meadovjs. Everywhere 

 in Sic. Pet. and Bracts pink. Wings green 

 or whitish." — Guss. 



6. calcarea. Shoots long, ending in ro- 

 settes supporting the iiowering branches and 

 many-flowered terminal raceme. L. obovate. 

 Lateral Bracts shorter than flower-staLc. 

 Germen in the El. as long as its stalk, p. 4-6. 

 Calc. hills. Er. Zweibriicken. 



7. vulgaris. No rosettes. L. lanceolate, 

 the lower elliptic. Eac. terminal. Lateral 

 Bracts about half as long as flower-stalk. 

 Gennen in the El. about as long as its stalk. 

 p. 5, 6. Dry pastures. 



/3. oxyptera. Wings acute, narrower than 

 capsule. 



7. alpestris. Dwarf. Eac. short and dense. 



8. depressa. L. lanceolate ; lower ellip- 

 tic, obtuse, opposite. Eac. 5-8-flowered, at 

 fii'st terminal, but a latei'al branch from the 



upper L. often at last overtops it. Latei'al 

 bracts half as long as flower-stalk, p. 5, 0. 

 Boggy meadows. Er. Ehine. Holstein. 



9. coxnosa. L. Hneari-lanceolate ; lowest 

 elliptic. Eac. tenninal, many-flowered. Lateral 

 bracts as long as flower-stalk. Wings eUiptic. 

 Germen in the flower about as long as its 

 stalk, p. 5, 6. Dry pastures, occ. 



10. nicseensis. L. lanceolate ; lower 

 elliptic. Eac. terminal, many-flowered. Lateral 

 bracts as long as flower-stalk. Wings ovato- 

 subrotund. Gernien in flower about as long as 

 its stalk, p. 5, 6. Grassy hills. Nice. 

 Trieste. 



11. major. L. lineari -lanceolate. Eac. ter- 

 minal, many-flowered. Wings elliptic. Stalk 

 three or four times as long as germen. p. 5, 6. 

 Dry pastures, lower Aus. It. 



iv. Wings 'h -nerved and full of veins. 



12. flavescens. Stem ascending. L. 

 Kneari-lanceolate. Eac. terminal, many- 

 flowered. Wings elliptic, exceeding corolla. 

 Germen neai-ly sessile, p. 5-8. Barren. 

 Eome. Nap. M. yellowish or dingy purple. 



13. rosea. "Stem erect. Lower L. obo- 

 vate ; upper lanceolate. Eac. terminal. Wings 

 ovato-subrotund, many-nei-ved, somewhat 

 shorter than coroUa. Germen nearly sessile. 

 p. 5-7. Open hills. Cape Pelorus." — Guss. 

 from Brest. 



B. Filaments free except at lose. 



14. Chaiusebuxus. Lower Sepals con- 

 cave, with an internal gland. L. oblong, mu- 

 cronate. Eac. 1-2-flowered. Yellow, ■w. 4-6. 

 Woody mountains, m. Eur. 



XIII. FEANKENIACEyE. 



Sepals 4 or 5, connected at base into a furrowed tube. Petals with a scale at the summit of the 

 claw. Capsules of one cell. Placentas parietal. 



106. EEANKENIA. 



1. pulverulenta. L. obovate, refuse, 

 smooth, pulverulent beneath. Stalk ciliate. 

 R. slender, a. 7. Sandy shores. Mdt. 



2. Isevis. L. linear, revolute, crowded, 

 ciliate at base. Stem prostrate, hairless. El. 



solitary. Cal. smooth. 

 Hot in G. 



p. w. 7. Sea-shore. 



3 . intermedia. L. thick, linear, revolute, 

 ciliate at base. Stem prostrate, velvety. El. 

 crowded. Cal. hispid, p. w. 5, 6. Shores. 

 Mdt. 



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