POLYGALA FAMILY. 589 



Alabama: Lower hills to Coast plain. Low sandy pine woods. Lee County, 

 Anburn {Underwood 4' Earle). Autauga County. Elmore County {E. A. Smith). 

 Clarke County, Thoniasville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Frequent throughout 

 the Coast Pine belt to the coast. Flowers citron-yellow; April to July. Frequent. 

 Biennial. Stem assurgent 4 to 6 inches long. 



Type locality : "'In pratis udis Carollnae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala cruciata L. 8p. PI. 2 : 706. 1753. Crossleaf Milkwort. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 183. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 121. Chap. Fl. 84. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Massachusetts and Minnesota to Vir- 

 ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, south to Florida, and west to north- 

 western Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region to the Coast ])lain. In damp open pine woods. Cull- 

 man County, 800 feet. Etowah County, Gadsden (G. R. Vasey). Monroe, Escambia, 

 Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers purple; June to October. 

 Common and abundant in the lower pine barrens of the coast. Four to 8 inches 

 high. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala brevifolia Nutt. Gen. 2 : 89. 1818. Shortleaf Milkwort. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 122. Chap. Fl. 84. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. From Xew .Jersey along the coast to ITorida, 

 west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Damp shaded banks, low thickets. Moldle and lialdwin 

 counties. Flowers purple; July. Not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Margins of sandy swamps. New .Jersey, also in Ohio.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala hookeri Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 671. 1840. Hooker's Milkwort. 



I'olij'iala attenuata Hook. Journ. Bot. 1 : 195. 1834. 



Chap. Fl. 84. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to eastern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region, Coast plain. Damp grassy pine barrens. Mobile 

 County, Grandbay. Baldwin County, Daphne. Flowers.pnrplish ; .June. Infre- 

 quent. Annual. 



Type locality of P. attenuata Hook. : ".Jacksonville, Louisiana." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala boykinii Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 86. 1834. 



Chap. Fl. K>. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Georgia and western Florida to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Lower hills to Central Prairie region. Open woods. Lee County, 

 Kwhnvn {Baker <y Earle). Blount Cowwty {J. D. Smith). Tuscaloosa County (A'. J. 

 Smith). Shelby County. Perry County "(./. D. 6'/h(77*). Bibb County, Pratts Ferry. 

 St. Clair County, Ashville. Autauga County, Prattville. Hale County. Flowers 

 while; .June to August. Most frequent in the dry sterile hills of the Central Pine 

 belt and the Coosa Valley. One to 2 feet high. JPerennial. 



Type locality : " In Georgia and Florida; discovered by my friend Dr. Boykin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala verticillata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 706. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 182. Gr:iy, Man. ed. 6, 122. Chap. Fl. 85. Coulter, Clontr. Nat. Herb, 

 2 : 26. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area Ontario to Saskatchewan; New England west 

 to Michigan, Dakota, and the Rocky Mountains; Wyoming to Utah, Colorado, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, and Arkansas; from New England throughout the eastern States 

 to the Gulf and Texns. 



Alabama : Over the State. Gravelly open woods, barren soil. Flowers greenish 

 or purplish; July, August. Common in the pine-barren hills about Mobile. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala ambigua Nutt. Gen. 2 : 89. 1818. Ambiguous Milkwort. 



Poh/fiala verticillata var. ambigua Wood, Bot. & Fl. 80. 1870. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 122. 

 Chap. Fl. Suppl. 614 ; ed. 3, 92, 



Carolinian and Louisianian .areas. New Jersey to West Virginia, Illinois, Mis- 

 souri, Arkansas; Tennessee to Upper Georgia and northwestern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy or gravelly cojises. 

 Cullman, Blount, and Tuscaloosa counties. Wilcox (bounty ( /lucl.lri/).^ Moldle. 



