Vox,. II.] MILKWORT FAMILY. 



10. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray. Curtiss' 

 Milkwort. (Fig. 2282.) 



Polygala Curtissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 121. 1867. 



Erect, slender, S'-io' high, much resembling the pre- 

 ceding species and the following; heads globose or 

 rarely elongated, blunt, loosely flowered, 4 // -6 // thick; 

 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. 



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In dry soil, Maryland to Kentucky and Georgia. 

 Sept. 



Aug.- 



ii. Polygala Mariana Mill. Maryland 

 Milkwort. (Fig. 2283.) 



Polygala Mariana Mill. Gard. Diet. no. 6. 1768. 

 Polygala fastigiata Nutt. Gen. 2: 89. 1818. 



Slender, glabrous, 6 / -i6 / high, at length much 

 branched above. Basal leaves none; stem-leaves 

 linear, 3 // -o/ / long, about \" wide, entire, mostly 

 acute, mucronulate; heads globose or slightly 

 longer than thick, obtuse, 3 // -4 // wide; pedicels 

 slender, i ^ // -2 // long; flowers rose-purple; wings 

 ovate-oblong or obovate, pointed, narrowed at the 

 base, slightly longer than the pod; bracts decidu- 

 ous from the elougating 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. 



12. Polygala Nuttallii T. & G. Nuttall's Milk- 

 wort. (Fig. 2284.) 



Polygala sanguinea Nutt. Gen. 2: 88. 1818. Not L. 1/53. 

 Polygala Nuttallii T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 670. 1840. 



Glabrous, erect, slender, 4 / -7 / high, branching above. 

 Basal leaves none; stem-leaves numerous, linear or linear- 

 oblong, 3 // -8 // long, X //-I// 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 l /i" long or less; bracts subulate, persistent; flowers 

 greenish or yellowish-purple, i" 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. 



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