46i DIADELPHIA OCTANDEIA. 



III. OCTJNDRIA. 



560. POLYGALA. Gen.pl. 1154. 

 * CristatcB. Floribus appendice penicilliformi. 



incarnata. l. P. caule simpliciusculo erecto^ foliis sparsis subulatis, 



spicis ovali-oblongis, coroUis tubo gracili elongate. — 

 Willi, sp. pi. 3. /). 871. 

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

 to Carolina. 0. June, July. v. v. A delicateltttle 

 plant 3 flowers of a bright flesh-colour. 



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



ceolatis acutis, racemo terminali, bracteis subulatis 

 solitariis caducis, alis calycinis nervoso-venosis trunca- 

 to-rotundatis corolla longioribus. 

 P. rubella. JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 8/5 ? 

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

 gia. 1/ . 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 bractese 

 had disappeared. If his specimen has come from Dr. 

 Muhlenberg, it certainly is the same plant. 



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

 infeme nudis, foliis ovatis acutis glabris, floribus ter- 

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

 In sphagnous swamps and bogs : Pensylvania to Virgi- 

 nia ; principally on the mountains. If. . May — Aug. 

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

 the largest of those mentioned here, about the size of 

 P. myriifoUa, of a fine pale red colour. 



** Imlerbes. 



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



usculis, foliis panels lato-ovatis in petiolum angustatis, 

 floribus sulitariis sparsis pedicellatis nutantibus. — Mich. 

 Ji. amer. 2. p. 53. 

 On the banks of lake Ontario, Michaux. 1/. -f. 



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



lanceolatis, spica terminal! filiformi, floribus alternis, 

 JVilld. sp.pL3.p.8g4. 



