PLATE CCCCLV. 
POLYGALA MIXTA. 
Mixt Polygala. 
CLASS XVII. ORDER III. 
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Eight Chives. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
‘eB ‘(Caryrx 5-phyllus: foliolis duobus alzformibus, Cup 5-leaved, with two of the leaves like wings, 
_. eoloratis : legumen obcordatum, biloculare. | coloured: pod inverse heart-shaped, two- 
celled, 
. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Poryoaa Soribus imberbibus, axillaribus, pur- - || Potycaa with beardless flowers, growing from 
pureis: foliis fasciculatis, 5—6 in singulo the axillze of the leaves, and of a purple 
fasciculo, linearibus, acutis, valde confertis colour: the leaves grow in fascicles, 5 and 
inter flores: caule suffruticoso: ramulis 6 in each fascicle, linear, sharp-pointed, 
filiformibus, patentibus, and very much crowded amongst the 
flowers : stem shrubbyish : branches thread- 
shaped, and spreading. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The empalement magnified, 
2. The keel magnified. 
3. One of the wings magnified. 
4, The chives magnified. 
5. The pointal magnified. 
: 6. Flower of a white variety. 
_ Amowesr the numerous introductions of novelty to the gardens of G. Hibbert, esq, the Hesteria section 
of the genus Polygala (although not splendid) are all of them particularly desirable, from their lively, 
long, and (of this species) we may say continual bloom ; it having been seen in flower throughout 
the whole year. There is a variety of it with white flowers of equal durability, and so perfect a fac 
simile in every other particular, that a separate figure will by no means be requisite, especially as in the 
winter season the purple flowers are sometimes almost bleached by the cold, and the distinction in con- 
Sequence less apparent. It is well known by the cultivators under the appellation of mixta; a specific 
given to it from the promiscuous manner in which the flowers and leaves are profusely mixt together. 
