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DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 



III. OCTJNDRIA. 



560. POLYGALA. Gen. pi.] 154. 

 * Cristatce. Floribus appendice penicillifonni. 



incarnata, 1, P. caule simpliciuscalo erecto, foliis sparsis subulatis, 



spicis ovali-oblongis, corollis tubo gracili elongate, — 

 Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 871. 



In low sandy fields and on the edge of rivulets : Jersey 

 to Carolina. 0. June, July. v. v. A delicate little 

 plant J flowers of a bright tlesh-colour, 

 rulella, 2. P. pubescens ; caule simplici erecto, foliis angusto-lan- 



ceolatis acutis, raceir.o terniinali, bracteis subulatis 

 solitariis caducis, alis calycinis nervoso-venosis trunca- 

 to-rotundatis corolla longioribus. 



P. rubella. WiUd. sp. pi. 3. p. 875 ? 



In woods and on dry shady hills : Pensylvania to Geor- 

 gia. 11 . June, July. v. v. Flowers pale red. 

 This species approaches near to P. vulgaris. Whether 

 Willdenow's plant is the same or not, I am not able 

 to determine ; but I strongly suspect he had but an 

 imperfect specimen, in which the very minute bracteae 

 had disappeared. If his specimen has come from Dr. 

 Muhlenberg, it certainly is the same plant. 

 paucifolia. 3. P. pumila, grandiflora ; caulibus simplicissimis erectis 

 jnferne nudis, foliis ovatis acutis glabris, floribus ter- 

 minalibus subternis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 880. 



In sphagnous swamps and bogs : Pensylvania to Virgi- 

 nia j principally on the mountains. 1/ . May — Aug. 

 V. V. Not above three or four inches high j flowers 

 the largest of those mentioned here, about the size of 

 P. myrtifoUa, of a fine pale red colour. 



** Iviherbes. 



uniflora. 4. P. pumila ; caulibus simplicissimis erectis inferne nudi- 



usculis, foliis paucis lato-ovatis in petiolum angustatis, 

 floribus solitariis sparsis pedicellatisnutantibus. — Mich, 

 fl. amer. 2. p. 53. 

 On the banks of lake Ontario. Miohuux. %. 4-. 



Senega* 5. P. caulibus erectis simplicissimis foliosis, foliis alternis 



lanceolatis, spica terminal! filiformi, floribus alternis. 

 Willd. sp.pL'S.p. 894. 



