polygala

Its quartz hills are covered with trees and gigantic grasses; the buaze, a small forest-tree, grows abundantly; it is a species of polygala; its beautiful clusters of sweet-scented pinkish flowers perfume the air with a rich fragrance; its seeds produce a fine drying oil, and the bark of the smaller branches yields a fibre finer and stronger than flax; with which the natives make their nets for fishing.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

For a study of female immunological infertility by Chen Xiaoping, researchers used Guyin Decoction ginseng, rehmannia, dioscorea, cornus, cuscuta, polygala, schizandra, and licorice to treat 60 women with infertility attributed to antisperm immune response.

The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

For a study of female immunological infertility by Chen Xiaoping, researchers used Guyin Decoction ginseng, rehmannia, dioscorea, cornus, cuscuta, polygala, schizandra, and licorice to treat 60 women with infertility attributed to antisperm immune response.

The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

The arbutus, all aglow and fragrant beneath its leaves, the purple fringed polygala were past, but they found the pale gold lily of the bellwort, the rust-red bloom of the ginger.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

The arbutus, all aglow and fragrant beneath its leaves, the purple fringed polygala were past, but they found the pale gold lily of the bellwort, the rust-red bloom of the ginger.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 3 Winston Churchill 1909

The arbutus, all aglow and fragrant beneath its leaves, the purple fringed polygala were past, but they found the pale gold lily of the bellwort, the rust-red bloom of the ginger.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

Youth, after all, is a shamefaced and secretive season; like the fringed polygala, it hides its real blossom underground.

Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Henry Van Dyke 1892

Plants of this genus were named polygala, the Greek for much milk, not because they have milky juice -- for it is bitter and clear -- but because feeding on them is supposed to increase the flow of cattle's milk.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

The spring-beauty, the painted trillium, the fringed polygala, the showy lady's-slipper, are all more striking to look upon, but they do not quite touch the heart; they lack the soul that perfume suggests.

The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

I usually find it and the fringed polygala in bloom at the same time; the lady's-slipper is a little later.

The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879