Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-		Plate No. 316

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-COMMON_NAMES-Box-leaved Milk-wort
-GENUS-Polygala
-SPECIES-Polygala chamaebuxus
-CLASS-Diadelphia
-ORDER-Octandria
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Polygala
-MODERN_SPECIES-Polygala chamaebuxus
-MODERN_FAMILY-Polygalaceae
-PLANT_TYPE-shrub
-COLOR-cream white and yellow
-SEASON- Blooms from May to October, but produces most of its flowers in
         May or June
-NATIVE_REGION- "It grows spontaneously on the Alps of Austria and Switzerland."
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-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-9
-PUB_DATE-1795
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0416 IMG0060.PCD