MILKWORT; a genus of plants belonging to the diadelphia class; and in the natural method ranking under the 33rd order, Lomentacea. See POLYGALA.

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POLYGAMIA (πολυγαμία, many, and γάμος, marriage), is a term expressing an intercommunication of sexes, and is applied by Linnaeus both to plants and flowers. A polygamous plant is that which bears both hermaphrodite flowers, and male or female, or both.