DIADELPHIA. OCTAND. 1347. Polygala. 113 1 



I iorcHfola t Flowers crefted: raceme terminal: ftem fhrubby: branches 

 pubefcent : leaves oppofite, heart-fhaped, mucronate. 

 The Cape. CurUmagt.^z. P. oppofitifolia. 



tomentosa. Flowers crefted, in whorls : leaves heart- fhaped, downy 

 underneath 

 The Cape. Ihunb.prodr. 120. 



sphosa, Flowers crefted, axillary, folitary: ftem fhrubby, fpinous: 

 leaves oval, obtufe with a point. 

 The Cape. Branches ending in a ftrong fpine, 



B. Flowers mt crefted: Jhrubby. 



\ tbeezans. Flowers beardlefs : peduncles 1 -flowered : ftem fhrubby : 

 leaves alternate, lanceolate. 

 Japan; Java. Burin, xeyl 195. t. 85, 

 Stem white at bottom as in the Birch. 



Pen<ea. Flowers beardlefs, lateral, folitary: ftem arboreous: leaves 

 obtufe, petioled. 

 South America. Plum. I 'pec* 22, ic. 214./.1. 



diver si fvlia Flowers beardlefs : racemes axillary, longer than the peti- 

 9 pie: item arboreous : leaves oblong, pointed. 

 South America. Brown Jam. t. 5./*. 3, 4- Sloane 2. /. 170./.2. 



acuminata. Flowers beardlefs : racemes lateral, oppofite and longer 

 than the leaves : ftem lhrubby: leaves oblong, pointed. 

 New Spain. Willd.fp. pi. 3. p. 887. n. 46. 



#stuam. Flowers beardlefs, racemed: leaves lanceolate, petioled: 

 ftem lhrubby. 

 New Granada. Banner of the corol blue. 

 jzuaonata. Flowers beardlefs : racemes terminal : ftem fhrubby, with 

 hairy branches : leaves lanceolate, mucronate, pubef- 

 cent underneath. 

 South America, WJld.fp. pi 3. /. 888. ». 48. 

 vzolacea. Flowers beardlefs : racemes terminal and lateral: ftem 

 fhrubbv, with pubefcent branches: leaves oblong, ob- 

 tufe, pubefcent underneath. 

 Cnvenne. Vahl fymb 2. p. 79. 

 Racemes oppofue the leaves : flowers nodding. 

 murophlla, Flowers beardlefs, racemed : ftems fhrubby : leaves very 

 minute, elliptic. 

 Spain. Stems filiform : leaves fubulate or elliptic, 

 ckinensis. Flowers beardlefs, fpiked, axillary : ftems fomewhat fhrub- 

 by : leaves oval. 

 India. Stems decumbent : leaves obtufe with a point. 



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