Mixt Polygala.
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 imberbibus, axillaribus, purpureis: foliis fasciculatis, 5-6 in singulo fasciculo, linearibus, acutis, valde confertis inter flores: caule suffruticoso: ramulis filiformibus, patentibus.
Polygala with beardless flowers, growing from the axillæ of the leaves, and of a purple colour: the leaves grow in fascicles, 5 and 6 in each fascicle, linear, sharp-pointed, and very much crowded amongst the flowers: stem shrubbyish: branches thread-shaped, and spreading.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.