POLYGALACEAE 771 
bright-pink, or white: upper ui becoming 1.5-2 du Eu rer wings 
e to ovate- iid, ie, 3.5-4 mm. long: E about 2.5 . long: seed 1.5 
mm. long, with an ovoid body a slender tip. [P. Hugeri Small. 1— SB UTTON- 
ao — Woods, hows banks, ledg es, pinelands, and sandy barrens, various 
M. Ga. and Ala. to Ky. an d Pa. —Sum.—fall. -—Ascends to 4,000 feet in 
. C., its size and vigor increasing “with the altitude. 
E. mariana Mill. Plant 1-5 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: blades of the 
er pde d eae those of the upper ones linear: flowers pink or Purple: 
da sepal fully 1 mm. long: mature wings ovate to elliptie, 2.5-3 mm. long: 
keel nearly as lon ng as the wings: lateral petals about 3 mm. long: e 
about 2 mm. long: seed fully 1 mm. long, with an ovoi id body and short stout 
tip —Pinelands, NER savannas, and puse various provinces, Fla. to Tex. 
Ark., and N. S.—Sum.-fall. 
11. P. Harperi Small. Plant 1.5-4 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: ps of ps 
lower leaves spatulate, those of the upper odd Esa pe o linear o 
: m E 
. : mm : 
Mi elliptic, about 4 mm. long: capsule 1.5-2 mm. Es : seed about 1 mm 
long, with an ovoid ecl and short stout tip.—Pinelands, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to La. and Ga.—Spr.- 
19. P. viridescens L. Plant 1-5 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: blades of the 
lower leaves spatulate, xd: of the upper ones linear to een elliptic: flowers 
reddish-purple, green, white: upper sepal Er d 2 . long: mature 
wings broadly ovate, 5 n. long or more: keel 2.5-3 m zione pen petals 
much shorter re the wings: le fully 3 mm. long: d fully 1.5 m 
with ovoid bodies and stout t P. ~ a Dry woods, HER 
m S and ees various oe S. C. , Okla., Ont., and N. S.— 
Sum 
13. P. Hookeri T. & G. Plant 1-3 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: blades of 
the hh wer ie short-spatulate, those of the upper ones linear- -spatulate to 
linear: flowers pink: upper sepa d E 1.5 mm. long: mature wings 
m lanceolate or ovate, about 3 m ong: capsule about 2 mm. long: seed 
‘ully 1 mm. long, ovoid, minutely pue —Low pinelands, Coastal Plain, W 
Fla. to Tex.—Sum.-fall. 
P. brevifolia Nutt. Plant 1-6 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: blades of the 
lower leaves obovate, those of the upper ones oblanceolate, linear, or narrowly 
elliptic: ous ro ose- purple: upper sepal suborbicular, becoming fu ully 1.5 mm. 
long, ciliate: mature wings ovate to ovate-oblong, 3-4 mm. long, aeute or 
slightly acuminate: capsule orbicular or orbicular- reniform, about 2 mm. long: 
seed about 1.5 mm. long, ovoid, with a very minute tip.—Acid sandy swamps, 
Coastal Plain and New ‘ngland Coast, Fla. to Miss. and R. I.—Spr.—fall. 
15. P. ramosior (Nash) Small. Plant 1-5 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: T 
of the lower leaves obovate or spatulate, those of the u upper ones narrowly 
spatulate P linear-spatulate, thick: flowers light-purple or dark-pu d | 
rarely white: Aou Vu becom ming 1.5 mm. long: mature wings o much 
longer than Cun dia LE ea eapsule about 2.5 mm. long: seed 
oval, less t tiet n T's lon I. iata ramosior Nash. |]— a pinelands 
and swamps, Coastal Plain and PAD adj provinees, Fla. to La. and N. C.— 
Sum.-fall or all year S 
16. P. cruciata L. Plant 0.5-2 dm. “tall, the stem glabrous or nearly so: 
blades of the lower leaves spatulate:or obovate, those of the upper ones spatu- 
late to linear-spatulate, thinnisb: pem rose-purplish or greenish: upper sepal 
