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1 1 . POLYGALE.C. 
3. D. amjlica (Iluds.); 1- oliovate-lanceolatc obtuse erect, pe- 
tioles g;labrous, 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 U. obovata (M. and K.) R. 4525.— In bogs, rather 
rai-e, common in Ireland. P. VII. VIII. 
2. Parnassia Limi . 
I. P. palustris (h.) ; filaments of the petaloid scales 9 — 13, 
pet. with a short claw, radical 1. cordate stalked, stem 1. amplexi- 
caxde. — 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 XI. POLYGALE/E. 
Sep. 5, imbricate, iiTegular, 2 interior much larger petaloid. 
Pet. unequal, usually 3, 1 anterior and larger than the rest. 
Stain, raonadelphous, separating above into 2 equal opposite 
bundles. Anth. 1 -celled, opening by a pore at their ajiex. Caps. 
1 — 3-celled, with placentas in the axis. Seeds pendulous, usually 
with an arillus at the base. 
1. Polygala. Sep. 5, persistent, 2 inner (wings) 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 3-])ointed basal 
arillus. 
1. Polygala Linn. Milkwort. 
1. P. vulgaris (L.); lower 1. smaller oblong, upper 1. bnear- 
lanceolate, fl. crested, wings of the cal. obovate mncronate ; the 
lateral nerves branched and anastomosing with an oblique branch 
of the central nerve, caps, orbicular-oblong-obcordate sessile, 
lateral bracts shorter than the petlicels. — 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 itself. Fl. blue, pink or white. Arillus forming a 
kind of helmet. — P. oxyptera (Reich.) E. B. S. 2827. is only a 
variety with narrower calyx-wings and secund fl. and fruit. — A 
plant from Ben Bulben, Sligo, which is probably distinct, has the 
lower leaves oblong and rather small, upper lanceolate and large, 
wings of the cal. elliptical apiculate, their lateral nerves rejoining 
the central nerve near the apex and with numerous anastomosing 
branches externally, central nerve usually quite simjde. L. much 
larger and fl. deep blue. — Diy pastures. P. VI. — IX. 
