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times lanceolate, sessile, i to 2 inches long, about one-fourth to one-third 

 of an inch wide, minutely toothed. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with 

 green, in dense, terminal, pointed spikes, i to 2 inches long. Each flower 

 about one-eighth of an inch long; wings of the flower orbicular-obovate, 

 concave; crest of the corolla short and few-lobed. 



In dry or rocky woodlands, New Brunswick to Hudson bay and 

 Alberta, south along the mountains to North Carolina and west to Missouri 

 and Arkansas. Flowering in May and June. 



Racemed Milkwort 



Polygala polygama Walter 



Plate I24b 



Stems usually several or many from a deep, slender, perennial root, 

 smooth and simple, 4 to 15 inches high. Leaves crowded along the stems, 

 oblong or broadly lanceolate, blunt, mucronulate, two-thirds to i inch 

 long and about one-sixth of an inch wide or less, the lower leaves usually 

 smaller. Flowers purple, rarely whitish, in a loose, terminal raceme, i to 

 3 inches long or less; wings of the flower broadly ovate; crest of the corolla 

 large and fringed; stamens eight. Numerous cleistogamous flowers are 

 developed upon conspicuous, whitish subterranean branches which rise from 

 the base of the stems. 



In dry or sandy fields and meadows, Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south 

 to Florida, Texas and Michigan. Flowering in June and July. 



Fringed Milkwort; Flowering Wintergreen 



Polygala paucifolia Willdenow 



Plate I25b 



Flowering and leaf -bearing stems smooth, ascending or erect, 3 to 7 

 inches high from slender, prostrate, perennial stems and rootstocks which 

 are often several inches in length. Leaves few, clustered at the summit of 

 the stems, ovate or oblong, i to i inches long, two- thirds to I inch wide, 

 pointed at each end, rough-margined. Flowers one to five on a stem, 

 axillary to the upper leaves, rose-purple or rarely white, two-thirds to 



