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DKOSERACE.*: POLYGALE^E. 
2. D. longifolia (L.) ; 1. spathulate obtuse erect, petioles gla- 
brous, peduncles arcuate or decumbent at the base, seeds with a 
close rough not chaffy coat. — E. B. 868. D. intermedia R. 4523., 
Koch, Fries. — A variety of this plant with shorter leaves and the 
flowering stalks shorter than the leaves is found in Ireland. — 
Common in boggy places. P. VII. VIII. Longer-leaved Sun- 
dew. 
3. D. anglica (Huds.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate obtuse erect, peti- 
oles glabrous, peduncles erect, seeds with a loose chaffy coat. — 
E. B. 869. D. longifolia R. 4524., Koch, Fries.— "-Much larger 
and taller than the last. A variety is common in Scotland with 
broader leaves and the styles often, though not always, emargi- 
nate. It is D. oboviita (M. and K.) R. 4525. — In bogs, rather 
rare, common in Ireland. P. VII. VIII. 
2. Paknassia Linn 
1. P. palusiris (L.) ; filaments of the petaloid scales 9 — 13, 
pet. with ashortclaw, radical 1. cordate stalked, stem 1. ampkxi- 
caule. — E. B. 82. R. 4520. — Pet. white, veined. Glands of the 
scales yellow. L. mostly radical. — Wet and boggy places, par- 
ticularly in the north. P. VIII. — X. 
Order XL POLYG ALEiE. 
Pet. 5, imbricate, irregular, 2 interior much larger petal-like. 
Pet. unequal, usually 3, 1 anterior and larger than the rest. 
Stam. monadelphous, separating above into 2 equal opposite 
bandies. Anth. 1 -celled, opening by a pore at their apex. Caps. 
1— 3-celled, with placentas in the axis. Seeds pendulous, usu- 
ally with an arillus at the base. 
1. Polygala. Sep. 5, persistent, 2 inner broader and often 
petaloid. Cor. irregular. Pet. 3 — 5, connected together, 
the lower one keelshaped. Caps, compressed, of 2 cells and 
2 valves. Seeds solitary, with a 4-pointed basal arillus. 
1. Polygala Linn. 
1. P. vulgaris (L.) ; lower I. smaller oblong, upper 1. linear- 
lanceolate, fl. crested, wings of the cal. obovate mucronafe : the 
lateral nerves branched and anastomosing with an oblique branch 
of the central nerve, caps, orbicular-oblong-obcordate sessile, 
lateral bracts shorter than the pedicels. — E. B. 76. — All the 
nerves of the wings branched (the middle one least) and ana- 
stomosing, the lateral ones not reaching to the extremity of the 
wing but joining a branch of the central one, never (I believe) the 
central one itseff. Fl. blue, pink or white. — P. oxyptera (Reich.) 
E. B. S. 2827. is only a variety with narrower calyx-wings and 
secund fl. and fruit. Fries lays great stress upon the latter as a 
specific character. — A plant from Ben Bulben, Sligo, which is 
