POLYGALA TERETIFOLIA.
Cylindric-leaved Milkwort.
CLASS XVII. ORDER III.
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Eight Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-phyllus; foliolis duobus alæformibus, coloratis. Legumen obcordatum, biloculare.
Cup 5-leaved; with two of the leaves like wings, coloured. Pod inverse heart-shaped, two-celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Polygala, floribus cristatis, racemis terminalibus paucifloris, alis calycinis ovatis acutiusculis multinerviis, caule fruticoso, foliis lineari-subulatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 882.
Polygala, with cristated flowers, racemes terminal few-flowered, calyx-wings ovate acutish many-nerved, shrubby stem, and linear-awl-shaped leaves.