Polygala.] POLYGALEiE. 



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subulatis, corollis longe lubulosis, caulibus erectis gracilibus subsiraplicibus. — Linn, Sp, 

 PL p. 987. Mich, Am. v. 2. p, 52. Fursh, FL Am, v, 2. p, 464, , 



Hab. Rocky places on the River Niagara, near the Falls. Douglas; 1823. — I have only seen specimens 

 of this, which have been kindly communicated to me by Mr. Nuttall, from New Ciesarea. It is from four 

 to six inches hig-b, annual, slender, glaucous, with very few, remote, minute, subulate leaves. Flowers flesh- 

 colonred, the petals united into a long slender tube. Capsules ovate, obtuse. 



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2. P. cruciata; racemis capitatis sessilibus compactis, alls patentlbus cordatis acutis, 

 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis resinoso-punctatis quadrifariam verticillatis, caule erecto brevi 

 ramisque subbracbiatis patentlbus angulis alatis. — Linn, Sp, PL p, 138, Fursh, FLArn, 

 V, 2. p, 466. BigeL FL BosL ed, 2. p, 266. (ccrte.)— Non Nutt EIL De Cand. 



Hab. Canada. Pursh. — Stem four to six inches high, annual, with spreading branches and broadly 

 lanceolate or oblong, mostly very obtuse leaves. Of this again I possess no Canadian specimens, and there are, 

 unfortunately, two species confounded by authors under this name. I have chosen that of Professor Bigelow, 

 described in his Florula of Boston, of \^'hich I have specimens from Dr. Boott, and which is likely to be the 

 Canadian species. Pursh*s description too, and he is the authority for its being found in the British Pos- 

 sessions, sufficiently accords with our plant. But it then becomes a question « hether it is the true one of 

 Linnneus. It is to be regretted that Sir J. E. Smith has not noticed it in Rees* Cyclopedia : we can only, 

 at a distance from the Linna?an Herbarium, have recourse to the original character and reference; the 

 former, uufortunately, is so short as to be equally applicable to more than one individual, " floribus imberbi- 

 bus, foliis quatemis:" but the reference to Plukenet, both in the Amcen. Acad., and in Sp. Plantarum, "P. 

 quadrifolia s. cruciata, floribus ex viridi rubentibus in globum compactis," seems to me decisive in favour of 

 our present plant. Dr. Torrey, among the many botanical rarities Mhich he has obligingly sent me from the 

 State of New York, has included a species under the name of P. cruciata, which diiFers in its taller mode of 

 growth, in its truly linear leaves, oblong heads, and remarkably acumiuated alte to the flowers, which are too 

 of a redder colour. This is probably the cruciata of Nnttall ; whereas our cruciata^ and, as I conceive, the true 

 one, is probably his hrevifoUa ; though he describes the leaves as being nearly of the same shape in both, 

 Elliott's P. cruciata I also consider to be identical \vith Nuttall's, inasmuch as he describes the stalks as 

 being one or two inches long, the leaves linear, and the alaB, or wings, acuminate. 



3. P, verticillata ; racemis gracilibus spiciforinibus acuminatis pedunculatis, alis ovato- 

 rotundatis obtusis appressis, foliis linearibus acutis verticillatis, caule erecto brachiato. 



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Linn, Sp. PL p, 991. PluL Mant, t. 438. / 4. (fig, bona.) Mich. Am, v. 2. p. 53. Nutt. 

 Gen, Am, v. 2. p, 88. Elliott, CaroL v, 2, p, 182. BigeL FL BosL ed, 2. p. 266, Be Cand. 

 Prodr, V, 1. p, 329. 



Hab. Between Sandwich and Amherstberg, in Upper Canada. i>ou/7/as.— Flowers small, greenish. A 

 slender, graceful, little annual. 



Sect. II, Senega. Carina imberhis. Calycis sepala 3 exteriora sub^qualia. Folia 



alterna. Dp. 



4, P, Senega; subcristata, racemis terminalibus pedunculatis elongatis spiciformibus, 

 alis orbiculatis appressis petala aequantibus, foliis lato-lanceolatis basi apiceque attenuatis 

 martrinibus scabris. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 990. Mich. Am. v. 2. p. 53. Pursh, FL Am. i\ 2. p. 

 ^eC Bot Mag. t 1031. BigeL Med. Bot. t. 30, FL Bost ed. 2. p. 263. Elliott, CaroL 

 V. 2. p. 182. Rich, in FrankL 1st Jonrn, ed. 2, App, p. 27. De Cafid. Prodr. v. 1. p. 330. 



Hab. Canada, as far north as the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson ; Drunmwnd; Douglas. In the 

 Appendix to Capt. Franklin's Journal, however, Dr. Richardson has indicated it as growing still farther 



