PLANTS OF SOUTHERNl NEW JERSEY. 523 



Sandy ground; restricted to the loAver part of the ^Middle dis- 

 trict; not commton. 



Fl. — Late June to mid-September. 



Middle District. — Haddonfield, Griffith's Swp. (P), Clarksboro, Mickleton 

 (H), Swedesboro, Bridgeton. 



Polygala viridescens L. Purple Milkwort. 



PI. LXXVIII. Fig. 2. 



Polygala viridescens Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 705. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Polygala purpurea Barton, FI. Phila. II, 69. 1818. 

 Polygala sanguinea Knieskern 11. — Britton 59. 



Moist sandy ground ; at two stations in the northern counties ; 

 common in the upper part of the Middle district, becoming less 

 frequent southward, and occasional in the Coastal and Cape 

 May districts. 



Flowers sometimes quite green, with scarcely a trace of pink. 



FL — Mid- June to mid-October. 



Middle District.— Allaire (S), Farmingdale, Deal, Brindletown, Pemberton, 

 (NB), Hartford, Haddonfield, Lawnside (S), Lindenwold, Mickleton, Swedes- 

 boro, Riddleton. 



Pine Ban-ens. — Oak Road Station near Landisville. 



Coast Strip.— Ft. Pleasant, Bayhead (NB), Manahawkin. 



Cape May. — Green Creek. 



Polygala mariana Mill. Maryland Milkwort. 

 PI. LXXVIII. Fig. I. 



Polygala Mariana Miller, Card. Diet. Ed. VIII. No. 6. 1768 [Maryland].— 



Keller and Brown 210- 

 Polygala fastigiata Nuttall, Gen. II. 89. 1818 [New Jersey].— Knieskern 11 — 



Britton 59. 



Sandy ground, rare and local ; confined to the Pine Barren and 



Cape May districts. 



PI. — Late June to early October. 



Pine Barrens.— Allaire, Berlin, Woodbine. 



Cape ilfav.— Below Court House, Green Creek, Bennett.* 



Polygala nuttallii Torr. & Gray. Nuttall's Milkwort. 



PI. LXXIV. Fig. 2. 



Polygala Nuttallii Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. A. I. 670. 1840. n. n. for P. 

 sanguinea Nuttall (nee L.) [Pine Barrens of N. J.].— Britton 59. 



* The record for Swedesboro in Keller and Brown's li.st proves to be P. 

 viridescens, that for Hammonton cannot be verified. 



