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12. POLYGALACE.E. 
Fkanke'nia Linn. Sea-heath. 
1. loi'vis (L.) ; 1. linear (or rather oblong with reflexed 
edges) glabrous ciliate at the base.— ^. B. 205. — St. slightly 
downy, prostrate, wiry. Cal. slightly hispid between its 
prominent angles. Fl. terminal or from the forks of the stem, 
sessile, rose-coloured. L. sometimes pulverulent. — Salt marshes 
on the East and South coast. P. VIII. E. 
{F. jm'vertden'ta (L.) ; 1. obovate retuse glabrous above 
pulverulent beneath, petiole ciliate. — E. B. .2222. — Formerly 
on the Sussex coast, now lost. A. VII.] E. 
Order XII. POLYGALACE^. 
Sep. 5, imbricate, irregular, 2 interior much larger petal-like. 
Pet. unequal, usually 3, 1 anterior and larger than the rest. 
Stam. subdiadelphous, in 2 equal opposite bundles. Antli. 1- 
celled, opening Ijy a pore at their apex. Caps. 1 — 2-celled, with 
placentas in the axis. Seeds pendulous, usually with an aril at 
the base. — Stip. 0. 
1. PoLYGALA. Sep. 5, persistent ; 2 inner (wings) broader 
and often petal-like. Cor. irregular. Pet. 3 — 5, connected 
together ; the lower one keelshaped. Caps, compressed. 
Seeds solitary, with a 3-pointed basal aril. — Fl. crested. 
1. Poly 'gala Linn. Milkwort. 
1. P. vulyoris (L.) ; I. scattered, lower I. smaller oblong, upper 
1. linear-lanceolate, cal. -wings elliptic mucronate their veim 
branched the lateral joining a branch of the central vein, caps, ob- 
cordate, bract equalling the pedicel. — E. B. 76. — St. prostrate, 
ascending. L. scattered. Racemes terminal. Fl. blue, pink, 
or white. Central vein of wings nearly simple ending 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, lilunt, lateral ones \ as long as the seed which 
is a little stalked within the aril. P. oxyptera (II.) is a state 
mth smaller fi., and fr. broader than the wings. E. B. S. 
2827. — fjrandi flora (Bab.) ; upper 1. larger lanceolate, cal.- 
wings oval apiculate, their lateral veins rejoin the mostly simple 
central vein near its tip and have many net-like veins externally. 
Fl. deep blue. — Dry pastures and peaty fens. /3. Ben Bulben, 1. 
P. VI.-IX. E. S. I. 
