46 12. polysaiacbjE. 



1. PoLYGALA. Sep. 5, persistent ; 2 inner (wings) broader 

 and often petal-like. Oor. irregular. Pet. 3 — 5, connected 

 together; the lower one keelshaped. Caps, compressed. 

 Seeds soHtary, -with a 3-pointed basal aril. — Fl. crested. 



1. Polt'gaia lAnn. Milkwort. 



1. P. vulgdris (L.) ; I. scattered, lotver I. smoZZe;- oblong, upper 

 1. linear-lanceolate, cal.-wings elliptic mucronate their veins 

 branched the lateral joining a branch of the central vein, caps, ob- 

 cordate, lateral bracts shorter than the pedicels. — H. B. 76. — 

 St. prostrate, ascending. L. scattered. Racemes terminal. Fl. 

 blue, pink, or white. Central vein of wings nearly simple end- 

 ing in a mucro ; lateral only branched externally ; branches 

 joining in loops and also with the upper ones of the central 

 vein. Lobes of aril unequal, blunt, lateral ones J as long as the 

 seed which is a little stalked within the aril. Upper part of st. 

 and ped. sometimes pubescent (P. dliata Lebel). P. oxyptera 

 (R.) IS a state with smaller fl., and fr. broader than the wings. 

 E. B. S. 2827.-/3. P. dep-essa (Wend.) ; lower 1. mostly op- 

 posite and crowded, st. long, prostrate, wiry, racemes ultimately 

 lateral. Sy.E.B.lBT. P-serpillaceaWeihe. — y.ffrandi/lora(B&lo.); 

 upper 1. large lanceolate, cal.-wings oval apiculate, their lateral 

 veins rejoin the mostly simple central vein near its tip and have 

 many netlike veins externally. Fl. deep blue. — Dry pastures 

 and peaty fens. y. Ben Bulben, I. P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



2. P. calc&rea (F. Sch.) ; I. chiefly in an irregvlar terminal 

 rosette large obovate blunt those of fl.-st. short smaller lanceo- 

 late, cal.-wings oblong their veins branched the lateral looping 

 with a branch from near the middle of the central vein, caps, 

 oblong-obcordate lateral bracts shorter than the pedicels. — P. 

 amara Don, E. B. S, 2764. P. amarella Coss. et Germ. Atl. 

 t. 7. — St. weak, procumbent or ascending, nearly naked below. 

 Fl.-st. several from the axils of the term, rosette, simple, short; 

 racemes terminal. Fl. blue. Lobes of aril unequal, lateral J as 

 long as seed. — Chalk hills, rare. P. V. E. 



3. P. austriaca (Cr.) ; lower I. larger obovate blunt in a basal 

 rosette, upper 1. oblong-lanceolate, cal.-wings oblong or obovate 

 blunt their veins simps or slightly branched free, caps, obcordate 

 broader than the wings, lateral bracts shorter than the pedicels. 

 — Rosette at crown of rootstock, its 1. much the largest 

 broad rounded at the end. Fl.-st. from the axils of the rosette, 

 simple, short ; upper 1. acute ; racemes terminal. Cal.-wings 

 longer than caps. Lobes of aril nearly equal, blunt, ^ as long 

 as seed. — a ; caps, rounded at the base, fl. very small. Sy. E. 



