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P O L Y G A L A STIPULACEA.
Stipuled Milkwort.
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C L A S S XVIL ORDER IIL
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Eight Chives.
CALYX 5-phyllus: foliolis duobus alaeformibus,
coloratis. Legumen obcordatum, biloculare.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
CUP 5-leavedj with two of the leaves like wings,
coloured. Pod inverfe heart-ihaped, twocelled.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &C.
Polygala. Floribus imberbibus lateralibus, caule
lliffruticofo, foliis ternis linearibus acutis. mild. Sp. }l. 892.
Polygala. With beardlefs lateral flowers, a
flirubby ftem, and ternate, linear, acute
leaves.
DESCBIPTIO. SuJJrutex, ramulis fubdivaricatis, filiformibus, elongatis, pubefcentibus. Folia fafciculata,
linearía, obfolete mucronata, 3-6 in fingulo fafciculo; infimo latiore, breviore, ftipuliforme.
í'/oreí P. Heifterias, at minores, axillares, folitarii, vel fubinde binati j feiEIes.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The fame magnified.
3. The Keel magnified.
4. One of the wings.
5. The fame magnified.
6. The Chives.
7. The fame magnified.
8. The Pointal magnified.
A KAKE Cape fpecies recently introduced to the Hibbertian Colleaion, where our drawing was taken
laft fummer. It is a greenhouse ilirub of the more delicate kind; and is propagated, but not very
readily, by cuttings.
In the ftrufture of the flowers this fpecies agrees exafitly wi th the common Polygala Heiftena,
which Linnaeus originally made a diftinft genus from Polygala; but afterwards united them. In
keeping them diftina we think he did right; but wrong in uniting them. Our readers will have an
opportunity of judging for themfelves in our next number, in which will be figured a true Polygala,
and another of the Heisteria family; with proper diflbaions of each.
Heisteria was named by Linnaeus in honour of the celebrated German furgeon Heiftcr.