172 . POLYGALACEAE 
not ciliate, oe about 1.5 mm. long: mature wings deltoid or hastate- 
deltoid, 3. 5—4 mm. Hn ong, Aire short-acuminate: eapsule 2 mm. long: seed 
less th. 9 long, oval- prs —(DRUM-HEADS.)—Acid bogs and wet 
meadows, various ates Ga. to La., Minn., and Mass.—Sum.—fall. 
17. P. Boykinii Nutt. Plant 2-6 dm. tall: leaf- aed various, those of the 
lower leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, those of the upper ones linear-lanceo- 
late to linea ee dd ers white or gree eenish-white: bod sepal becoming nearly 
1.5 mm. long: ure a suborbicular, 2.5-3 mm. long: keel 2-2.5 mm. long: 
capsule SD US as t 3 mm. lon uds om ovoid, nearly 2.5 mm. 
ong.— Woods, river-bank S, prairies, and pinelands, often in n caleareous Soils, 
Coastal Plain 'and adj. m “Fla. to La. aid Ga.—Spr.— 
18. P. praetervisa Chodat. Plant erect, 3-6 dm. tall or with partly de- 
cumbent branches: leaves in few whorls near the base of the stem, the upper 
scattered; blades of the lower leaves obovate ps i those of the upper 
ones laneeolate to linear-subulate, often almost s e: flowers greenish or 
greenish-white: upper sepal be ecomin ming 1.5 mm. ine: mature poss oval to 
suborbicular-oval, cri 2.0 mm. long: keel 2-2.5 mm. long: capsule oval- 
elliptie, about 2 mm. long: seed narrowly ovoid, n than 2 mm. long.— 
lands and inicie lower Florida Keys.—All yea 
c P. flagellaris Small. Plant with decumbent or prostrate branches 2-8 
m. long: leaves mostly in whorls, only a few near the inflorescence scattered ; 
blades of the m diis dis or broadly: spatulate, those of the upper 
y 80, in : 
ded seta fully 15 mm. long: mature wings oval to obovate, 3 mm. lon 
so: keel 2.5-3 mm. long: capsule elliptic, fully 2.5 mm. long: seed 
cylindric. ovoid, about 2 mm. long.—Pinelands, Everglade Keys, Fla.—All year. 
20. P. s pad Shuttlw. Plant 1.5 dm. tall: leaves in distant whorls; 
bo e 
2 mm. 
seed fusiform, about 1.5 mm. long.—Sandhills and pos elands, Coastal Plain, 
a. to Miss.—Spr._sum.—Seed glabrous or usually s 
21. P. ambigua Nutt. Plant 1-3 og tall, ae a erect or nearly so: 
` Suborbieular, short-clawed: keel 1.5 mm. long: ot nas suborbicular to broadly 
ovate, fully 15 m m. long: seed ovoid, 1.5 mm. long.—Woods, slopes, pastures, 
and roadsides, various provinces, Ga. ‘to La. Okla. Mich., an nd Me.—Sum. 
22. P. verticillata T Plant 0.5-2 dm. tall, the branches more or less spread- 
do: pn le or green: upper sepal becoming abou o 
a 2 mm. lon lades ovate to D or EEA ovate: keel 
out 1.5 mm. long: capsule broadly elliptic to ovate-elliptie, 2 mm. long: seed 
ovoid, nearly 1.5 mm. long. PES. i e roadsides, and woods, various prov- 
inces, Fla. to Tex., Man., and Que.—S 
23. P. Pretzii Pennell. Plant 1—4 dm. tall, the i rii bed sae ascendin 
blades of the lower leaves vide ri eet BA raga "od s upper ones 
narrower: flowers mainly white or pinkis 0.6—0.8 mm 
1 bee 
long, mature wings about 1. 5 mm. long; "blades ure n md clawed: keel 
