r).SS I'l.ANT I. IKK <<V \l,\r..\M.\. 



MELIACEAE. Melia Family. 

 MELIA I., sp. I'l. ir.v.s. I?:.:;. 



'r\v«'iily-liv<< sjn'cii'^, warm ro;ii()iis til' tlii' n|<l WOrlil. I itch. 



l'iMi>K oi China. I'.kak Trkk. 



Melia azedarach L. Sp. PI. 1:558. 1753. 



Wksikkx A.sia to China and . Japan. Cultivated in \v;iiini'i- coiiiilrics. 



Iiitiodiifrd and exteiiHively ciiitiviitoil for oruaincnt tlir<)n<i;li<)iit tlie l.,()iii.si.iniau 

 area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 1 ^cajitMl to wiisto i)la(('.s. 



Alabama: Mol)il<«, wastr plai-i-s. March 15; ilowcrs lihic, fragrant; frnlt lipc in 

 October, aniher-colorcd, retained thnmgh the winter. 



Ki-ononiic uses: Of sonic value for lumber. Oruanicntal shade tree. The bark 

 is the "China bark" of inodicinc. 



I'ypo locality: " liab. i:i Syria." 



POLYGALACEAE. Polygala Family. 



POLYGALA L. Sp. I'l. 2:701. 17.53.' 



About J(H) spc^cies, temperate and wanner regions of the globe. North America, 

 3S. Western and Pacilic, 21. lOustern, 27. Southern, 2(i or 27. 



Polygala cymosa Walt. Fl. Car. 17!). 1788. Pixe-isakukx Ponu Milkwokt. 



I'ohjgala conimbosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 54. 1803. In part. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 1X7. (Jray, Man. ed. 6, 122, Chap. Fl. 82. 



Carolinian and Louisiaiiian areas. I'lorida, along the coast to North Carolina, 

 New Jersey, and Delaware, ^est to eastern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Lower I'ine region. Coast i)lain. Bogs and shallow ponde. Mobile 

 an<l Baldwin counties. Flowers bright yellow ; .June, July. l"re<|uent. Annual nr 

 biennial. One and one-half to 2 feet high. Common in open, boggy piue-barrcii 

 Hwainps. 



Ty]»e locality : South (Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala ramosa KU. Sk. 2 : 186. 1822. Low-hhanciiki> ^Mii.kwokt. 



Poh/iiala CO nj in horn Kutt. Gen. PI. 2:89. 18H. Not Michx. 



Lll. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 122. Chap. Fl. 82. 



Carolinian and Loiiisianian areas. Distribution as in the last. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. (!oast jtlain. Flat damp pine barrens, borders of 

 pine-barren ])ond8. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers yellow; June. Fre- 

 <iueiit. Eight to 12 inches high. Hiennial. 



Ty]>e locality: "(Jrows in ponds in the llat i»ine barrens, intermingled with 

 the /'. corifmboxa.'' South Carolina and (Jeorgia. 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala lutea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 705. 1753. Yellow Bachelok Buttons. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 185. (iray, Man. ed. 6, 122. Chap. Fl. 83. 



Carolinian to Louisiaiiian area. From Florida along the coast to New Jersey, 

 and west to eastern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Central Pino belt to Coast plain. Danii) light soil, copses, open wotids. 

 Chilton and Autauga counties. Montgomery to Moliile and Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers deep orange; Ajiril to August. Common and most freciuent in I he low i)ine 

 barrens of the Coast i)lain. Six to 8 inches high. Annual or biennial. 



Tyjie locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala nana (Michx.) DC. Prodr. 1:328. 1825. Dwakf Milkwort. 



Polygala hiiea var. nana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : .54. 1803. 



/'. viridescenx Walt. Fl. Car. 178. 1788. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 18(!. Cliap. Fl. X3. 



Carolinian and Louisiaiiian areas. Scuith Carolina to Florida, and wijst to eastern 

 Louisiana. 



• Wm. E. Wheelock, The genus Polygala in North America, Mem. Torr. Club, 

 vol. 2, pp. 109 to 152. 1891. 



