590 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Flowers purplish; June, July. Common; most frequent throughout the Central 

 Pine belt. Annual. 



Type locality: "In New Jersey and Virginia; in forests and on roadsides near 

 ditches." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala incarnata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 701. 1753. NUDE-STEMMED MILKWORT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 185. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 121. Chap. Fl. 84. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. New Jersey to Virginia, west to Illinois, Missouri, 

 Kansas, Arkansas; southern Tennessee to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry sandy pine woods. Lee County, 

 Auburn. Flowers pale pink. May to September, frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala viridescens L. Sp. PI. 2 : 705. 1753. GREENISH-FLOWERED MILKWORT. 



Polygala sanguinea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 705. 1753. 



P. vurpurea Nutt. Gen. 2 : 88. 1818. 



ElhSk.2:184. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 121. Chap. Fl. 83. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario ; New England west to Minnesota, and 

 New York, Kansas, and Arkansas, and south to Georgia, Mississippi, and northwestern 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Dry woods. Tuscaloosa County, Windham Springs, 

 about 450 feet (E. A. Smith). Flowers pale purplish ; July. Only locality known in 

 the State. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv . Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala curtissii Gray, Man. ed. 5, 121. 1867. CUKTISS'S MILKWOKT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 121. Chap. Fl. Snppl. 614 ; ed. 3, 90. 



Carolinian area. Southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and 

 south along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (Baker dj-Earle). Clay County., 

 Che-aw-ha Mountain, common to 2,000 feet altitude. Coosa hills, sandy wet places. 

 Cullrnan County, 800 feet. Calhoun County, Anniston, 600 feet. Flowers bright 

 pink; July. Local, not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Near Alexandria, Va., A. H. Curtiss." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala mariana Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 6. 1768. MARYLAND MILK-WORT. 



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



P. sdnguinea Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 :126. 1840. Excl. syn. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6,121. Chap. Fl. 83. 



Carolinian and Louisianian area. Delaware and Virginia south to Florida, west 

 to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Central Prairie region to Coast 

 plain. Damp grassy places. Lee County, Auburn (Baker <)' JKarle). Dallas, Selrna 

 (Dr.Cahill). Mobile County, West Fowl River, Flowers purple. June. Infrequent. 

 Annual. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala nuttallii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 670. 1840. NUTTALL'S MILKWORT. 



Polygala sanguinea Nutt. Gen. 2 :88. 1818. Not L. 



P. ambigua Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 130. 1838. Not Nutt. 



Ell.Sk.2: 184. Gray, Man. ed. 6,121. Chap. Fl. 83. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Coast of New England, New Jersey, Delaware, 

 south to West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and central Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County ( E. A. Smith). Flowers purple ; 

 July. Only locality known in the State. Annual. 



Type locality of Polygala aanguinea Nutt. : " In the low pin<> barrens of New Jersey." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala chapman! Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 131. 1840. CHAPMAN'S MILKWORT. 



Chap. Fl. 83. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp grassy pine barrens. Mobile County. Flowers 

 pale purple; May, June. Not rare. Slender, 8 to 12 inches high. Annual. 

 Type locality: ' ' West Florida, Dr. Chapman." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



