CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 59 



P. sanguinea, L. Red Milkwort. 



Sussex : Near Sparta Britton. Bergen : Palisades Austin ; 

 and common in fields, middle and southern counties. 



P. fastigiata, Nutt. 



Pine-barren districts Nuttall. Ocean: Rare Knieskern* 

 Camden : Longacoming C. E. Smith. 



.P. Nuttallii, T. & G. Nuttall's Milkwort. 



In swampy places. Bergen: Closter Austin. Somerset: 

 Rocky Hill Lighthipe. Mercer: Lawrence Peters. Middle- 

 sex : Sayreville Britton. Monmouth : Long Branch T. F 

 Allen ; North Spring Lake Lighthipe ; Farmingdale Wm. 

 Bower ; and frequent in the southern qounties. 



P. cruciata, L. 



Hudson : Hackensack marshes Leggett ; base of Snake Hill 

 Britton. Middlesex : South Amboy T. F. Allen. Mercer : 

 Near Princeton Junction Peters ; and frequent in the southern 

 counties. Abundant along the borders of salt marshes with the 

 upland. 



P. brevifolia, Nutt. 



Hudson: Secaucus swamp T. F. Allen; and frequent in 

 pine-barren swamps, southeastern parts of the State. 



P. verticillata, L. Whorled-leaved Milkwort. 



Dry soil. Common throughout the State. 



Var. ambigua (Nutt.), Britton. (P. ambigua, Nutt.) 



In dry soil. Frequent throughout the State and grading into 

 the type, the extreme forms appearing quite distinct. Both 

 appear to have either green or purple flowers. 



P. Senega, L. Seneca Snake-root. 



Rare, and now aearly exterminated. " In open woods and on 

 hills" Torrey Catalogue, 1819. Camden: Griffith's swamp 

 C. E. Smith. 



P. paucifolia, Willd. Gay-wings. Fringed Polygala. 



In moist, rich woods. Monmouth : Near Freehold Willis. 

 Hudson: New Durham Swamp Torrey. Essex: Franklin-^- 

 Rusby. Somerset : Along north branch of the Raritan Miss 

 Emeline Apgar ; Peapack Miss R. C. Perry ; and frequent in 



