Vou. II.] MILKWORT FAMILY. 
10. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray. 
Milkwort. (Fig. 2282.) 
Polygala Curtissii A, Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 121. 
Erect, slender, 8’/-10’ high, much resembling the pre- 
ceeding species and the following; heads globose or 
rarely elongated, blunt, loosely flowered, 
bracts persistent, mainly shorter than the slender 
pedicels; wings oblong, clawed, nearly erect, twice the 
length of the pod; seed obovoid,very hairy, apiculate; 
caruncle minute, much shorter than the seed. 
In dry soil, Maryland to Kentucky and Georgia. Aug.— 
Sept. 
12. Polygala Nuttallii T. & G. 
wort. (Fig. 2284.) 
Polygala sanguinea Nutt. Gen. 2:88. 1818. 
Polygala Nuttallii T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 670. 
Glabrous, erect, slender, 4’-7’ high, 
Curtiss’ 
1867. 
4//-6’’ thick; 
11. Polygala Mariana Mill. Maryland 
Milkwort. (Fig. 2283.) 
Polygala Mariana Mill. Gard. Dict. no. 6. 1768. 
Polygala fastigiata Nutt. Gen. 2:89. 1818. 
Slender, glabrous, 6/-16’ high, at length much 
branched above. Basal leaves none; stem-leaves 
linear, 3-9’ long, about 1’’ wide, entire, mostly 
acute, mucronulate; heads globose or slightly 
longer than thick, obtuse, 3//-4’’ wide; pedicels 
slender, 114//-2’ long; flowers rose-purple; wings 
oyate-oblong or obovate, pointed, narrowed at the 
base, slightly longer than the pod; bracts decidu- 
ous from the elongating axis; caruncle-lobes em- 
bracing the smaller extremity of the slightly hairy 
obovoid seed; corolla minutely crested. 
In dry soil, southern New Jersey and Delaware to 
Florida, west to Kentucky and Louisiana. July-Sept. 
Nuttall’s Milk- 
Not L. 1753. 
1840. 
branching above. 
Basal leaves none; stem-leaves numerous, linear or linear- 
oblong, 3/’-8’’ long, 1%4’’-1’’ wide, entire, obtuse or acutish; 
spikes cylindric or oblong, about 2/” thick, 3/’-6’’ long, 
the floral axis elongating as the fruits fall away from below; 
pedicels 14’’ long or less; bracts subulate, persistent; flowers 
greenish or yellowish-purple, 1/’ long; seed obovoid, very 
hairy, longer than the caruncle; wings oblong to oval, about 
equalling the pod; crest very small. 
In dry sandy soil in open places, eastern Massachusetts to 
North Carolina, west to Alabama and Missouri. Aug.-Sept. 
