DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Polygala. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 1051. Mill. dict. 3. 0.5. Ameen. acad. 2. 
£2. 
a. P. foliis lanceolatis, vel eur ud spica i SOME 
floribus albidis subsessilibus.— AMicA. fl. amer. 2. p. 53. 
P. P. glabella vel pubescens; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, spica 
laxiuscula alterniflora, floribus roseis.—Mich. fi. 
amer. 2. p. 53. 
On ihe side of hills and in dry woods: «. Canada and 
throughout the Allegany mountains. B. in Carolina 
and Georgia. 2/. June—Aug. v.v. This is the 
famous Seneca Snake-root, formerly so celebrated for 
the bite of rattle-snakes ; but other more efficacious 
remedies have supplanted it. Vid. Prenanthes and 
6, P. caule simplici vel ramoso ; foliis radicalibus infimisque 
spathulatis, caeteris lanceolatis, spica cylindraceo-ca- 
pitata — peduaculata. —Willd. sp. pl. 3. 
. 894. 
Icon. Pluk. amalth. t. 438. J. G. 
&. P. caule subvirgatim elatiore. 
P. P. subacaulis, foliis omnibus spathulatis, capitulo majore. 
In wet woods and bogs: New Ae to Florida. $. in 
low meadows of Carolina. d. July, Aug. v. v. 
A fine species ; flowers of a alee yellow ; the var. 
' p. does not grow above three or four inches high. 
7. P. caule erecto simplicissimo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
obtusiusculis, capitulo terminali globoso-capitato.— 
. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 895. 
In dry woods: Pensylvania to Carolina. ` ©. July, Aug. 
v.v. Flowers greenish-white, with ‘some red. In 
general habit it resembles P. incarnata. 
8. P. caule setaceo subaphyllo simplici, summitate subra- 
moso, foliis parvis setaceis sparsis, floribus minutis 
dense spicatis.— Mich. fl, amer. 2. p. 52. 
In Carolina and Georgia. ©. July, Aug. v.s. in Herb. 
Lyon, ` 
9. P. caule erecto summitate corymboso-ramoso, foliis al- 
ternis linearibus, spicis pore pele squar- 
. rosis.— JP illd. sp. pl. 3. p. 8 
Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 438. f. 5. 
in woods on the side of hills: New 
lina. Q. July, Aug. v.v. Flowers rose-coloured. 
10. P. caule a basi ramoso, foliis alternis ellipticis obtusis basi 
attenuatis, spicis terminalibus oblongis, floribus alter- 
ottó Cao. 
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465 
albida, 
rosea, 
lutea, 
elatior, 
nana. 
viridescens, 
setacea, 
polygama. 
