90 POLYGALACE.E. (MILKWORT FAMILY.) 



7. P. Reynoldsise, Chapm. Stems stout, at length branching above 

 ( I 71 or mure high) ; leaves lanceolate ( 1 ' long), the lowest clustered, spatulate ; 

 flowers large, yellow, scattered in a long (6' or mure) stunt terminal raceme; 

 wings elliptical, mncrouate ; caruncle as long as the hairy oval seed. St. 

 Augustine, East Florida (Miss Jlfi/itulils). Anomalous among the yellow- 

 flowercd species, but may prove to be a form of the preceding. 



H- -t- Flowers purple or rose-color : annuals: stems branching. 



8. P. sanguinea, L. Leaves oblong-linear, acute ; spikes ovate or 

 roundish, obtuse; flowers imbricated; wings broadly ovate, obtuse, sessile; 

 lobes of the caruncle rather shorter than the pear-shape. I spar.-e-hairv seed. 

 Low grounds, North Carolina. July -Sept. Stems 1 high. Flowers red- 

 dish purple. Bracts persistent. 



9. P. fastigiata, Nutt. Stems slender, a! lirst simple; leaves ji arrow- 

 linear, acute; spikes globose, obluse; wings oblong-ubuvate tapering into a 

 distinct claw at the base; caruncle as long as the stalk of the sparse-hairv 

 pear-shaped seed. Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward. July -Oct. Stems 10'- If)' high. Leave.- erect. Flowers small, 

 bright rose-color. Bracts deciduous. 



10. P. Nuttallii, Carey. Leaves short, linear, obtuse; spikes oblong, 

 acute, dense; wings short, elliptical, slightly clawed; lobes of the caruncle 

 collateral, one third as long as the obovale \ery hairy seed. Dry sandy soil, 

 Ceorgia to North Carolina. August. Stem 4' -8' high, the branches fas- 

 ti-late. Spikes and greenish and purple flowers smaller than in No. 9. 

 Bracts persistent. 



11. P. Curtissii, Cray. Stem .-lender; leaves alternate, narrow-linear ; 

 racemes long, loosely flowered ; wings narrowly oblong, erect, twice as long 

 as the capsule ; seeds and caruncle as in No 12. Upper districts. July - 

 August. Stem 9' high Flowers rose color. Bracts persistent. 



12. P. Chapmanii, Turr. & Cray. Stems slender, at length sparingly 

 branched; leaves scattered, narrow-linear, acute; spikes long, lanceolate, 

 arute, loose-flowered; wings obovate, short-clawed; lobes of the caruncle 

 spreading, as long as the stalked base of the pear-shaped very hairy seed. 

 Low pine barrens near the coast. West Florida, and westward. June - 

 August. Stems 1- 1^ high. Spikes 1'- 2' long. Flowers bright purple. 

 Bracts persistent. 



1'5. P. incarnata, L. Stem often simple, glaucous; leaves scattered, 

 linear, fleshy, sometimes minute and subulate ; spikes lanceolate, acute, dense 

 flowered; petals united into a tube which is twice as long as the elliptical 

 wings, conspicuously crested; caruncle spongy, as lung as the stalk of the 

 oval hairy seed. Dry sandy soil. June - August. Stem l-2 high. 

 Bracts deciduous. Flowers, and often the radii s, purple. 



14. P. setacea, Michx. Stems simple or sparingly branched, slender: 

 leaves minute, scale-like; spikes oblong, dense-flowered, acute; wings oblong, 

 acute, as long as the petals ; caruncle and seeds as in the preceding, Low 

 pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. May -July. Stem 

 1 high. Spikes -J'-l' long. Flowers pale rose-color or whitish. Bracts 

 deciduous. 



