DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Polygala. 



Icon. Bot.mag. 1051. Mill. diet. 3. t.5. Amcen. acad.2. 

 t.1. 

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

 floribus albidis sabsessilibu'5. — Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 53, 

 p. P. glabella vel pubescens ; foliis liiieari-lanceolatis, spica 

 laxiuscula alterniflora, floribus roseis. — Mich. Jl. 

 amer. 2. p. 53. 



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

 throughout the Allegany mountains. |3. in Carolina 

 and fieorgia. 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. Prenanthes and 

 Lialris. 



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



spathulatis, caeteris lanceolatis, spica cylindraceoca- 

 pitata confer tiflora pedunculata. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3. 

 p. 804. 

 Icon. Pluk. amallh. t. 43S./ Q. 



a. P. caule subvirgatira elaliore. 



jS. P. subacaulis, foliis omnibus spathulatis, capitulo majore. 



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



low meadows of Carolina. 0. $. July, Aug. v. v. 



A fine species ; flowers of a golden yellow ; the van 



/3. does not grow above three or four inches high. 



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



obtusiusculis, capitulo terminali globoso-capitato. — 

 JVilld. sp.pl.S. p. 8Q5. 

 In dry woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. 0. 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.Ji. amer. 2. p. 52. 

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

 Lyon. 



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

 ternis linearibus, spicis capitatis, pedunculis squar- 

 rosh. —TFilld. sp.pl. 3. p. S96. 

 Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 438./ 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- 



455 



albida. 

 rosea. 



lutea. 



elatior. 

 nana. 



viridescens. 



setaceo.. 



sangumea. 



polygama. 



