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Oiirty fringed : It has a flat fruit, clofely ernbra" 
ced by the wing-like leaves of the empalement^ 
is divided into two cells, and opens on both fides- 
The fpecies are : 
I I. Polygala, R* ^287, G. 448, minor ^ P. -1332^ 
I mulgaris^ C. 215* Milkwort. In dry paftures^ 
f and mountainous places. It flowers in May and 
! June, It is a fmall plant, for the mofl: part lying 
I upon the ground : The flowers grow in fpikes, are 
I generally blue, but fometimes vary to a white, or 
; flelh colour. The leaves are oblong, 
2. Poly gala major,, R.*287, C. 215, P. 1332^ 
I The greater Milkwort. It grows more upright than 
the former, and is, for the mofl: part, of a flne red- 
difli purple colour *, but it fometimes varies. 
3. P olygala Myrtifolia palujiris humilis ^ ramofi- 
or,, R. ^287, Dwarf branchy Marfh Milkwort, 
.with Myrtle leaves. In the bog beyond the wood, 
.going from John Cole's to Croyden bogs. The flralks 
are two, three, or four inches long, they fpread 
and lye upon the ground, with little fhoit leaves, re^ 
fembling thofe of Myrtle : The flowers grow in a 
fhorter fpike ; are, for the mofl; part, blue, feldoih 
^white ; and not fo thick fet as thofe of Common 
Milkwort. 
Orobanche, Broom-rape. The root is fquamous 5 
the ftalk upright, hollow, pale, yellow, or red- 
ifli : The leaves refemble thongs : The em- 
palement is cut into many fegments : The flowers 
are monopetalous, have two lips, the crefts hol- 
low, and the beards divided into three parts : They 
grow in a thyrfe : The fruit is oblong, unicapfu- 
lar, opening, as it were, into two keels, full of 
Very fmall feeds. The fpecies are : 
I, Orobanche major Garyophyllum olens,^ R. *288. 
C, 87; Rapum GeniftiSy G. 1130, P. 229. ^Broom- 
rape, It grows at the roots of Broom, and flowers 
in May„ The roots are pretty large and bulbous 5 
the 
