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POLŸGALA thesioides.
Flax-leaved Milkwort.
H n y a n Class and Order. D IA D E L P H IA O C T A N D R IA
N a tu ra l Order. P O L T i iA T P ^ P Ta. • P O T V r A ï A ^ 1 \ I ^ A L E Æ . Juss. in ann. mus. 1 4 . » . 3 8 6 .
P e to fa 3 V 5 f l ' n segmentis 2 interioribus aliformibus.
F o l ^ r / 7 » r ® V arbusculæ per orbis temperatos communia
l o b a alterna v. apposita. Flores plerumque terminales, racemosi.
î o n 7 7 ’ racemosis, alis spathulatis 5-nerviis petalis
fnl ® r • orbiculatâ emarginatâ sessili, seminibus d ab ris
P o S V - f f ™ t - o s o p u b e s o e i r
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Plant suffruticose, about a span high, with many straight,
b a 2 7 ' T ’ *P'-®^‘ii"/£ ark -p n rp le, copiously pubescent
r w i f I crowded, somewhat imbricate, rather inmucronulate,
compressed, coriaceous,
underneath furnished with a shallow furrow, of a dark
a n 7 “b ,7 ^ ‘Clothed with numerous white dots
Dressir r T ^ ^^ry short, rather adpressed,
shining, of a dark purple. Flowers crested, race-
? Trf’i o f l " " terminal, solitary, about an inch long, of from
smooth f^^'ter club-shaped,
smooth, of a violet colour above, whitish beneath. Bractes
.lanceolate, rather acute, concave, membranous, caducous-
Calyx persistent,
-leaved , 3 outer leaves lanceolate, somewhat acute, conrwin’o
f7^” f 7 ‘i £ Y membranous border; 2 inner ones
(wings; spathulate, 5-nerved, of a dull violet colour, tinged