356 



POLYGALEjE. I. POLYGALA. 



stem erect, branched, winged. O- H. Native on the margins 

 of sandy swamps of New Jersey, and on the banks of the Ohio. 

 Flowers bright red. 



Short-leaved Milkwort. Fl. July. Clt. 1 824. PI. foot. 



112 P. FASTIGIA'TA (Nutt. gen. amer. p. 89.) racemes spike- 

 formed, somewhat capitate ; wings of calyx spreading, acute ; 

 leaves alternate, linear, acute ; stem slender, fastigiately branched. 

 O- H. Native of New Jersey, Flowers red. 



Fastigiate-branched Milkwort. Fl. Ju. Sep. Clt. 1824, PI. |ft. 



113 P. LU^TEA (Lin. spec. 990.) racemes spike-formed, dense, 

 ovate ; wings of calyx mucronated ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, radical ones somewhat stalked and spatulate ; stems sim- 

 ple, elongated ; keel with a small, minute crest. Q. H. Na- 

 tive in wet woods and bogs from New Jersey to Florida. A 

 fine species, with flowers of a golden yellow. 



Yellow-flowered Milkwort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1 739. PI. ft. 



114 P. NA'NA (B.C. prod. 1. p. 328.) racemes spike-formed, 

 dense, cylindrical ; wings of calyx ovate, with a narrow point ; 

 leaves oblong-spatulatc, stalked ; stems simple, scarcely longer 

 than the leaves. 0. H. Native in pine forests of Carolina 

 and Georgia. P. viridescens, Nutt. gen. 2. p. 88. not of others. 

 P. lutea ft, Mich. Flowers green, with a tinge of yellow. P. 

 lutea ft, nana, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 465. 



Dn-arf Milkwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. \ foot. 



115 P. VIRIDE'SCENS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 465.) stem 

 erect, very simple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, bluntish ; spike ca- 

 pitate, terminal. O- H. Native of North America from Penn- 

 sylvania to Carolina. Flowers greenish-white with some red. 

 In general habit the plant is like P. incarnata. Perhaps the 

 keel is without a crest. Perhaps the same as the preceding. 



Greenish- flowered Milkwort. Fl. July, Aug. PI. i foot. 



116 P. ANGULA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 328.) racemes spike- 

 formed, short, 8-10-flowered; wings of calyx oblong; leaves 

 oval, with a narrow point ; stems branched, ascending, angularly- 

 winged, shrubby. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers purple? 



j4ngular-branche& Milkwort. PI. -| foot. 



117 P. LANCIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 42.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, puberulous ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, acuminated and 

 very acute ; racemes spike-formed ; wings obovate, very blunt ; 

 seeds clavate, scarcely tomentose. Tj . S. Native of Brazil on 

 the margins of woods in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers 

 greenish-white. 



Lance-leaved Milkwort. Fl. Oct. March. Shrub 1 foot. 



118 P. I-ULCHE'LLA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 30.) herbaceous; 

 stem short, rather tufted, filiform, rather pubescent ; leaves 

 small, linear, tapering to both ends, very acute ; racemes spike- 

 formed, shortish, rather loose ; wings obovate, with long claws 

 rather longer than the keel ; seeds cylindrical, hardly pilose. 

 Q. S. Native of Brazil. Flowers whitish. 



Pretty Milkwort. Fl. Sept. Oct. PI. i foot. 



119 P. PURPU'REA (Nutt. gen. 2. p. 88.) racemes spike- 

 formed, ovate, imbricated; wings of calyx ovate, cordate, twice as 

 long as the capsule; leaves alternate, oblong-linear ; stems erect, 

 fastigiately branched. Q. H. Native of North America. P. 

 sanguinea, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 52. and Pursh. Flowers 

 purplish with the keel almost beardless. Bart. fl. amer. t. 47. 



/^rWe-flowered Milkwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PI. 

 i to I foot. 



120 P. SANGUI'NEA (Lin. spec. 991.) racemes spike-formed, 

 oblong ; wings obovate, length of capsule ; leaves alternate, 

 narrow-linear; stem erect, fastigiately branched- O-H. Na- 

 tive in woods on the sides of hills from New England to Carolina. 

 P. viridescens, Poir. diet. 5. p. 502. Pluk. mant. t. 438. f. 5. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, with the keel almost beardless. 



Bloody Milkwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PL ito^ft. 



121 P. SETA CEA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 52.) racemes 



spike-formed, dense, oblong ; leaves scale-like, almost wanting ; 

 stem erect, setaceous, almost simple. Q. H. Native of Caro- 

 lina and Georgia. Flowers small, almost sessile. 



Bristly-stemmed Milkwort. Fl. July, Aug. PI. -| foot. 



122 P. GRA'CILIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 401.) 

 racemes spike-formed, slender, loose ; leaves scattered, linear ; 

 stem erect, elongated, scarcely branched. Q. S. Native in 

 humid places near the Maypures on the Orinoco. Flowers 

 purple. Seeds obliquely oblong, covered with retrograde hairs. 



Slander-spiked Milkwort. Fl. May. PI. 1 foot. 



123 P. PALUDOSA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 8.) herbaceous, 

 smooth ; stem erect, branched, or simple ; leaves narrow, linear, 

 acute : racemes spike-formed ; wings oblong, unguiculate, ra- 

 ther longer than the keel ; seeds hairy, subglobose, or subcylin- 

 drical. O- S. Native of Brazil in the sand in several places. 

 Flowers yellow. Stigma 4-lobed. 



Var. ft, myurus (St. Hil. 1. c.) stems and branches much 

 shorter ; racemes longer, narrower ; flowers very minute, at 

 first yellowish-green, then purplish ; seeds ovate-globose. O-S. 

 Native in the province of St. Paul. P. tenuis, D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 329. 



Var. y, amethystina (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem filiform, almost sim- 

 ple ; racemes a little longer and rather narrower ; flowers ame- 

 thyst; seeds ovate-globose. O- S. In Minas Geraes. 



Var. S, ambigua (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem almost simple ; racemes 

 elongated, more crowded ; flowers larger ; capsule oblong ; 

 seeds ovate-globose. 



Var. e, longispicata (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem and branches shorter ; 

 leaves much longer, flattish ; racemes longer and narrower ; 

 flowers hardly larger, amethyst blue ; wings large elliptical ; 

 capsule oblong ; seeds rather cylindrical, rather truncately- 

 obtuse at the apex. O- S. In St. Catherine in sandy places. 



Var. , appendiculala (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem filiform, almost 

 simple, nearly leafless ; racemes lax ; capsule oblong ; seeds 

 cylindrical, truncately obtuse at the apex, unappendiculate or 

 appendiculate. O- S. In marshes near Gaxueirinha. 



Var. 0, giganlea (St. Hil. I.e.) stem tall, branched, almost 

 leafless ; flowers approximate, longer, pale-purplish ; capsule 

 oblong ; seeds cylindrical, truncately obtuse at the apex, with 

 short appendages. Q. S. In Minas Geraes. 



Marsh Milkwort. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



124 P. SUBTI'LIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 393. 

 t. 506.) racemes capitellate, dense ; flowers glandular on the 

 back ; wings oblong, acute, longer than the keel ; leaves form 

 of scales, remote, linear-awl-shaped ; stem erect, filiform, 

 branched at the top. Q. S. Native in humid sandy places on 

 the borders of the river Orinoco and in Brazil. Flowers small, 

 white. Style 4-lobed. Seeds globose, smoothish, unappen- 

 diculate. 



Delicate Milkwort. Fl. July, Sept. PI. f foot. 



125 P. ATROPURPU'REA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 10.) stem her- 

 baceous, rather twiggy, nearly leafless, sparingly and dichoto- 

 mously branched; leaves scale-formed, hardly conspicuous, rather 

 terete, acute ; racemes spike-formed, rather pyramidal ; wings 

 almost equal in length to the keel, orbicular ; seeds obovate- 

 globose, rather hairy, with short appendages. Q. S. Native 

 of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers dark pur- 

 ple. Style 4-lobed. 



Dark-purple Milkwort. Fl. May. PI. 1 to If feet. 



126 P. HERBIOLA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 12.) stem herba- 

 ceous, filiform, nearly leafless, sparingly branched ; leaves small, 

 very narrow-linear, acute ; racemes capitate, dense ; wings ob- 

 long-elliptic, obtuse, longer than the keel ; seeds conically-oblong, 

 rather pubescent, inappendiculate. G- S. Native of Brazil in 

 humid pastures of Serra da Canastra in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Flowers purple. 



