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POLYGALA. speciosa. 
Large-flowered Cape Milkwort. 
' DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Prpicutares. Jussieu gen. 99. 
Div. I. Stamina non didynama,: 2 aut plura. ib 
- POLYGALA. Cal. 5-partitus, laciniis 2 longé majoribus ales 
formibus sepé coloratis, Cor. convoluta in tubum supra fissum, limbo 
2-labiatum, labio superiore bipartito fisso, inferiore concavo subtis bar- 
bato aut imberbi, intus obtegente stamina in duas fasces collecta; anth, 
I-loc. Stig. subbitidum. Caps. ( Legumen biloculare) compressa, ob- 
cordata. Herb@ aut frutices; folia plerdmque alterna; flores 1-3-brac- 
teolati, alterni, laxé aut dense spicati, terminales. Jussieu gen. 99. 
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P. speciosa, cristata, fruticosa, appendice duplici, racemis ebracteatis 
subterminalibus multifloris, foltis alternis oblongo-cuneatis glabris, 
Curt. mag. 1780. ' 
Polygala speciosa. , Herb. Banks. 
Frutex suborgyalis, junceo-virgata, ramis novellis tumidiusculis, Folia 
sparsa, laxa, lineari-oblonga, angusta, subcuneata, sessilia, deorsum attenuata. 
acemi terminales, lax2 spicati, erecti, multiflori, rachide interrupte angulosa, 
pedicellis 1-floris, 3-plo brevioribus flore, lanuginosis, flexilibus, decurvis, 
basi cinctis bracteolis 2-3 deciduts. Flores % partes uncie longi, nenduli; 
violaceo-purpurascentes. Cal, sezmentis tribus duris livido-virentibus obtusissi= 
mis, 3-plo brevioribus lateralibus 2 amplis aleformibus coloratis falcatos 
rotundis. Cor. subtripetala, bilabiata; labium supremum vezxillum bipetali« 
num tubuloso-convolutum, parm longitis segmento supremo calycis, incumbens 
parte ima interiore caring; infimum carina monopetala follicularis, alis 
calycinis sublongior, fulcata, SO er assurgens flexura ventricosa, acumi« 
natd, fissura internd ventrali labris villosis arcté conniventibus, subtis infra 
apicem educens eristam amplam bipartitam decompositam multifidam concolorem 
parrectam, Stam. inferné tubuloso-monadelpha fissurd verticali ciliata, inde 
distincta: anth. erecte, Jilamentorum subclavato-continue, \-loculares, sub= 
urnato-cylindrice, apice dehiscentes ore obliguo revoluttm marginato hinc 
lanceolato-appendiculato: pollen aE aoa aureum, _ splendens. 
Germ. parvulum, compressum, obcordatum glabrum, biloc., locylis 1-spermis : 
stylus subfusiformis, rigidus, robustus, de medio arrecta-inflexus, indéque 
yoseo-rubescens, infra attenuatus, & puncto gracili insertus germini, latere 
énteriori barbatus: stigma hamatum; anticé pubescens et rima longitudinalé 
encisum, 
The finest species known of the genus; recently in- 
troduced into our gardens, and not incorporated in any 
systematic arrangement of vegetables. Native of the Cape 
of Good, Hope, where specimens have been collected by the 
late Mr, Masson, and deposited in Sir Joseph Banks’s Hers 
barium by the name we have adopted. 
YOL, II, 8 
