Polygala POLYGALACEAE Polygala 



where first discovered by William Tatnall, Jr., in May 1890 (D) ; 

 many later collections (A, P, T, U). Early May. 



P. Senega L. Seneca Snakeroot. 



Formerly rather frequent in rocky woods of the Piedmont; now 

 rare or perhaps extinct in our range: wooded slope just s. of Guyen- 

 court Station (NO), Long, 27524, 23 June 1923 (A); and Mary H. 

 Williams, 1 June 1924 (A). 



P. incarnata L, 



Rare in the Piedmont area: Milltown (NO), Commons in 1863, 

 (A); frequent in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain, especially in dry 

 pine woods. Late June to mid-Oct. 



P. sanguinea L, (P. viridescens L.) 



Common in wet places. Piedmont, and southward on the 

 Coastal Plain to Wicomico County. Mid-June to mid-Oct. 



P. mariana Mill. 



Common in dry woods and fields, and also in wet meadows. 

 Coastal Plain, from the Fall Line southward to southern Accomac 

 County. Late June to mid-Oct. 



P. Nuttallii T. & G. 



Frequent in open, sandy soil, from just above the Fall Line to 

 Worcester and Somerset Counties. Mid-July to mid-Oct. 



P. Curtissii Gray. 



Rare, in open sandy soil of the Coastal Plain: Elkton (Ce), /. J. 

 Carter, 29 July 1884 (A, P); near the pond, Goldsboro (Ca), Otis, 

 13 Aug. 1924 (D); head of Choptank Pond, 1 mi. e. of Henderson 

 (Ca), Otis, 18 Aug. 1924 (A). July, Aug. 



P. cruciata L. 



Frequent in wet sandy places and brackish meadows of the 

 Coastal Plain; chiefly in the eastern half of the Peninsula. Late 

 July to mid-Oct. 



P. verticillata L. var. isocycla Fern. Rhodora 40, 334. 1938. 



Infrequent in dry fields. Piedmont, and southward to Wicomico 

 County; also in coastal dune hollows in Sussex County. Mid- 

 July through Sept. 



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