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MILKWORT , in See also:botany, the See also:common name for See also:plants of the genus Polygala (natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Polygalaceae), a large genus widely dispersed in temperate and tropical regions and represented by a few See also:species in See also:Britain. The common species, P. vulgaris, is a small wiry perennial found on heaths and in meadows through-out the See also:British Isles. The stems are 2 to Io in. See also:long and See also:bear narrow rather tough leaves and small, i to s in. long, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, See also:pink, See also:blue, See also:lilac or See also:purple See also:flowers. The flowers (see fig.) are See also:peculiar in See also:form and arrangement of parts; they have five See also:free sepals the two inner of which (b) are large petaloid and winglike, forming the most conspicuous See also:part of the See also:flower; the petals are See also:united below with the sheath of the eight stamens forming a See also:tube split at the See also:base behind; their form recalls that of the See also:pea See also:family. The name Polygala is from the See also:Greek 7roXus, much
and yltka, See also:milk, the plant being supposed to increase the yield of milk in cows. Some species with showy flowers are known in cultivation as greenhouse, or See also:hardy ennual or perennial, herbs or shrubs. The See also:root of P. See also:Senega, snake-root, a See also:North See also:American species is See also:officinal. See also:Sea milkwort is the common name for Glaux maritima, a small succulent See also:herb found on seashores and in estuaries in the British Isles; it belongs to the See also:primrose order (See also:Primulaceae).
After See also:Berg & See also:Schmidt, from Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik, by permission
of Gustav See also:Fischer.
Polygala Senega.
A, Flower; a, small sepals; b, large sepals; c, See also:keel, representing the anterior petal; d, its fimbriated edge; e, lateral petals.
B, The 8 stamens united into a sheath below; h, anthers (magnified).
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