Spear-leaved milkwort, Polygala bracteolata

Spear-leaved milkwort, Polygala bracteolata. Native to the Cape, South Africa, introduced by Scottish botanist Francis Masson in 1787. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796

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