DIADBLPHIA.OCTANDEIA. 



Polygala, 

 t. 5. Amosn. acad.l. 



Icon. Bot.mag. 1051. iMllL diet. 3. 

 t.2. 



a. P. foliis lanceolatis, vel ovalibus, spica confertiuscula, 

 floribus albidis subsessilibus, — Mich. ft. amer. 2. p. 53. 



jS. P. glabella vel pubesceus ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, spica 

 laxiuscula alternifloraj floribus voseis. — Mich. fi. 

 amer. 2. p. 53. 

 On the side of hills and in dry woods : a. Canada and 

 throughout the Allegany mountains. (3. in Carolina 

 and Georgia. 1/. June — Aug. v. v. This is the 

 famous Seneca Snake-root, formerly so celebrated for 

 the bite of rattle-snakes ; but other more efficacious 

 remedies have supplanted it. Vid. Prenunthes and 

 Liatris. 



6. P. caule simplici vel raraoso ; foliis radicalibus infimisque 



spathulatis, caeteris lanceolatis, spica cylindraceo ca- 



pjtata confertiftora pedunculata. — IFilld. sp. pi. 3. 



p. 894. 

 Icon. Pluk. amalth. t. 43S./. 6. 

 «. P. caule subvirgatim elaliore. 



^. P. snbacaulis, foliis omnibus spathulatis, capitulo majore. 

 In wet woods and bogs : New Jersey to Florida. /3. in 



low meadows of Carolina. ©. ^. July, Aug. v. v. 



A fine species ; flowers of a golden yellow ; the var. 



/3. does not grow above three or four inches hi^h. 



7. P. caule erecto simplicissimo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 



obtusiusculis, capitulo terminali globoso-capitato. — 

 Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 895. 

 In dry woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. . July, Aug. 

 V. V. Flowers greenish-white, with some red. In 

 general habit it resembles P. incarnata. 



8. P. caule setaceo subaphyllo simplici, summitate subra- 



moso, foliis parvis setaceis sparsis, floribus minutis 

 dense spicatis. — Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 52. 

 In Carolina and Georgia. © . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 

 Lyon. 



Q. P. caule erecto summitate corymboso-ramoso, foliis al- 

 ternis linearibus, spicis capitatis, pedunculis squar- 

 Tos\s.— IFilld. sp.pl. 3. p. 896. 

 Icon. Pluk. viunt. t. 438. f. 5. 



In woods on the side of hills : New England to Caro- 

 lina. O- July, Aug. V. V. Flowers rose-coloured. 

 10. P. caule a basi ramoso, foliis alternis ellipticis obtusis basi 

 attenuatis, spicis terminalibus oblongis, floribus alter- 



465 



albida. 

 rosea. 



lutea. 



elatior. 

 nana. 



viridescens. 



selacea. 



sanguinea. 



polijgama. 



