174 POLYGALACEAE 
a stout curved beak. [Polygala arenicola Small.]—Pinelands, Everglade Keys, 
Fla.—All year. 
3. P. lutea (L.) Small. Plant 1-3 dm. tall: leaf-blades various, those of the 
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l to ost linear: upper sepals becoming 2 mm. lon a ovate 
raceme Mec ee nae mature wings elliptic iua obovate- -elliptic, ae mm 
long, cuspidate: capsule about 1.5 mm. lon ess than 1.5 mm. long, 
ape ata with a minute M Eu id lutea L. (Bo OG BACHELOR” S- po 
CANDYWEED. WILD BACHE N.)—Low pinelands and sandy bogs, 
often : in acid soil, Coastal Plain, "Fla. D La. and N. Y.—Spr.-sum. 
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of the lower leaves spatulate, those of the upper m “oblanes olate to lan 
late: raceme lemon-yellow: upper sepal becoming 2.5 m m. long, broadly eae: 
mature wings obovate to elliptic or Sree lanceolate, 8- 9 mm . long, cuspidate: 
capsule over 1.5 mm. wide: seed fully 1.5 mm. long, ellipsoid, with a minute 
tip. [Polygala oo Shuttlw. P. Reynoldsiae ag pe c BACHE- 
LOR ’S-BUTTON.)—-Low pin elands, swamps, and ponds, pen —Spr.—fall—A 
hot infusion of this plant is drunk by the Seminoles, in cases of snake-bite. 
5. P. ramosa (Ell) Small. Plant 1-5 dm. tall: leaf-blades various; those of 
the ee leaves spatulate or obovate, those of the upper ee oblanceolate to 
linea e lemon-yellow: upper sepal ovate, becoming mm 
ae wings ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, acuminate: capsule abo i E wi “ide. 
seed pubescent, oval, fully 05 mm. lon ng, minutely tipped. [Polygala ramosa 
Ell. leary pinelands, acid swamps, marshes, and ponds, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to Tex. and N. J.—Sum.-fall. 
P. cymosa (Walt.) Small. Plant 4-12 dm. tall: leaf- Ln various, those 
of the lower leaves linear, those of the Ma narrowly line raceme lemon- 
yellow: upper s ey orbieular- da becoming 2 mm. uc n wings oval 
or somewhat e ps 5—4 mm. long, mucronate: ea e didymous, bains 1 
mm. long, fully . wide ‘seed glabrous, he nearly 1 mm. long. 
[Polygala c pie “Walt —Pincland i nU meadows, and acid eypress um) 
Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. and Del.—Spr.—fall.—The fra eia pcne common 
to the Arun species seems 6 be pred from the roots of this 
de PS ees (Nutt.) Small. Plant 2-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades is those 
of the lower leaves spatulate to obovate, those of the upper leaves narrowly 
spatulate to lance - ate: ra an e blunt, white: upper sepal pu ehe be- 
coming 2.5 mm. long, a nate: mature wings ovate-lanceo n to narrowly 
1 Or slightly Duc edu) nearer 3 ee . long, acuminate: capsule less than 
l mm. wide: seed ovoid, 0.5-0.7 mm. long. [Polygala Baldwinii utt. |— 
(WHITE BACHELOR 'S-BUTT "ON. )—Low ud and swamps, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to Miss. and Ga.—Sum 
8. P. Carteri Small. Plant 1-5.5 dm. tall: leaf-blades various, those of the 
lower leaves spatulate, Dio of the upper linear- rs to almost linear: 
raceme acute, greenish: upper sepal ovate, becoming 2 mm. long, cuspidate: 
mature wings elliptic, sometimes broadly so, about 4 mm. long, abruptly 
i ully 1 mm. ] ln 1 ; . | 
Carteri Small.] —Low pinelands and prairies, Everglade Keys, e Big Cypress 
Swamp, S pen. Ila. and lower Florida Keys.—(W. I.)—All yea 
ORDER EUPHORBIALES — EUPHORBIAL ORDER 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees, sometimes aquatic or amphibious, but mainly 
terrestrial, commonly with milky juice. Leaves various, sometimes re- 
