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FLOWERS IN BRANCHED, FLAT-TOPPED INFLORESCENCE 



Folygala csmiosa. Flowers yellow, many. Plants 2-4 ft. 

 tall. Leaves chiefly basal, narrow, 4-10 in. long. Upper 

 leaves short, few. Wet places. Blooming in spring and 

 summer. Fla. to Del. and La. 



Polygala ramosa. Flowers yellow. Plants 5-20 in. tall. 

 Leaves 1 in. long or less, basal leaves broadened upward. 

 Low grounds. Blooming from midwinter to fall. Fla. to 

 Del. and Texas. 



Polygala Baldwinii. Flowers white or greenish white. 

 Plants 6-24 in. tall. Leaves 1 in. long or less, broadened up- 

 ward. Low grounds. Blooming all the year. Fla. to Ga. 



and Miss. 



FLOWERS IN NARROW RACEMES 



Polygala grandiflora. Flowers pink or rose-purple, racemes 

 loosely flowered. Plants 6-20 in. tall. Leaves alternate, oval 

 or narrow, minutely hairy, about 1 in. long. Dry soil. 

 Blooming all the year. Fla. to S. C. and Miss. 



Polygala polygama. Flowers purple or rose. Stems many, 

 4-20 in. tall. Leaves short, smooth, oblong or narrow. Many 

 capsules are borne on horizontal subterranean stems. Dry 

 soil. Blooming chiefly from spring to fall. Fla. to Nova 

 Scotia and Texas. 



Polygala Boykinii. Flowers white. Plants slender, 10-24 

 in. tall. Leaves in whorls of 4 or 5, 1 in. long or less. In 

 calcareous soil. Blooming in spring and summer. Fla. to 

 Ga. and La. 



SPURGE FAMILY (EupJiorhmceae) 



This family is noted for ornamental foliage, and for 

 peculiar forms, but seldom for its flowers, which usually 

 are inconspicuous, and often lack both calyx and corolla. 



Our common native species are not noticeable, but our 

 cultivated plants include ornamental crotons, of the genus 

 Codiaeum, acalyphas with richly variegated leaves, the 



