POLYGALA FAMILY. 5&9 
ALABAMA: Lower hills to Coast plain. Low sandy pine woods. Lee County, 
Auburn (Underwood §- Earle). Autauga County. Elmore County (/. 4. Smith). 
Clarke County, Thomasville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Frequent throughout 
the Coast Pine belé to the coast. Flowers citron-yellow; April to July, Frequent. 
Biennial. Stem assurgent 4 to 6 inches long. 
Type locality: ‘(In pratis udis Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala cruciata L. Sp. P1.2: 706, 1753, CROSSLEAF MILKWORT. 
Ell. Sk. 2:183. Gray, Man. ed.6,121. Chap. I'l. &4. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Massachusetts and Minnesota to Vir- 
ginia, Kentue ky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, south to Florida, and west to north- 
western Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to the Coast plain. In damp open pine woods. Cull- 
man County, 800 feet. Etowah County, Gadsden ((, 1’, Vasey). Monroe, Escambia, 
Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers purple; June to October. 
Common and abundant in the lower pine barrens of the coast. Four to 8 inches 
high. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab, in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala brevifolia Nutt.Gen.2:89. 1818. SHORTLEAF MILKWORT. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,122. Chap. FI. 84. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, From New Jersey along the coast to Florida, 
west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp shaded banks, low thickets. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Flowers purple; July. Not infrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘* Margins of sandy swamps, New Jersey, also in Ohio.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala hookeri Torr, & Gray, I'l. N. A.1:671. 1840. HoOKER’S MILKWORT, 
Polygala attenuata Hook. Journ. Bot, 1:195. 1834. 
Chap. FI. 84. 
Louisianian area, Western Florida to eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, Coast plain. Damp grassy pine barrens. Mobile 
County, Grandbay. Baldwin County, Daphne. Flowersgpurplish; June. Infre- 
quent. Annual. 
Type locality of P. attenuata Hook.: “Jacksonville, Louisiana.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala boykinii Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:86, 1834, 
Chap. FI]. 85. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Georgia and western Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills to Central Prairie region. Open woods, Lee County, 
Auburn (Baker §° Earle). Blount County (J. D. Smith), Tuscaloosa County (1. A. 
Smith). Shelby County. Perry County (J. D. Smith). Bibb County, Pratts Ferry, 
St. Clair County, Ashville, Autanga County, Prattville. Hale County. Flowers 
white; June to August. Most frequent in the dry sterile hills of the Central Pine 
belt and the Coosa Valley. One to 2 feet high. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘(In Georgia and Florida; discovered by my friend Dr. Boykin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala verticillata L.Sp. Pl. 2: 706. 1753. 
EIL Sk. 2:182. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 122.) Chap. Fl. 85. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 26. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area Ontario to Saskatchewan; New England west 
to Michigan, Dakota, and the Rocky Mountains; Wyoming to Utah, Colorado, 
Nebraska, Kansas, and Arkansas: from New England throughout the eastern States 
to the Gulf and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Gravelly open woods, barren soil. Flowers greenish 
or purplish; July, August. Common in the pine-barren hills about Mobile. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Polygala ambigua Nutt. Gen.2: 89, 1818. AMBIGUOUS MILKWORT. 
Polygala verticillata var. ambigua Wood, Bot. & FI.80. 1870. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 122, 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 6143 ed. 3, 92. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, New Jersey to West Virginia, Illinois, Mis- 
souri, Arkansas; Tennessee to Upper Georgia and northwestern Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy or gravelly copses, 
Cullman, Blount, and ‘Tuscaloosa counties. Wileox County (/uckley), Mobile. 
