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P O L Y G A L A TERETIFOLIA.
CyUndñc-leaved Milkwort.
C L A S S XVII. O R D E R III.
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Eight Chives.
CALYX S-phyllus ; foliolis duobus alaeformibus,
coloratís. Legumen obcordatum,
biloculare.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CUP 5-leaved; with two of the leaves like
wingSj coloured. Pod inverse heartshapedj
two-celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PoLYGALA, floribus cristatis, racemis terminalibus
paucifloris, alis calycinis ovatis
acutiusculis multinerviis, caule fruticoso,
foliis lineari-subulatis. TVilld. Sp. PI. 882_
PoLYGALA, with cristated flowers, racemes
terminal few-flowered, calyx-wings ovate
acutish many-nerved, shrubby stem, and
linear-awl-shaped leaves.
D E S C R I F T I O . Ramuli filiformes, patuli, canescentes. Folia sparsa, saepe conferta, recurva, et falcata,
linearía, obtusa, marginibus revolutis, ut in Erica; supra canescentia : subtus cana. Racemi 2—5 -
flori. Pedunculi pubescentes.
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf
2. The under surface of the same magnified.
3. The exterior part of the cup.
4. One of the wing-like leaves of the cup, outside.
5. The same inside.
6. The chives, keel and banner spread open.
7. The keel and its crest detached.
8. The same magnified.
g. The chives and banner.
10. The same magnified.
11. The seed-bud and pointal.
12. The same magnified.
OUR plate Represents the true species of Polygala, which we promised in our account of P. stipulacea.
It is a green-house shrub, and rather delicate; yet may, with care, be propagated by cuttings; but is at
present very scarce in this country. Its native country is the Cape. Our drawing was taken from a
plant in the Clapham collection in the summer of 1803.
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