Part 5, 1924] POLYGALACEAE 355 



and a bifid lobe; capsule obovate-oval to rhombic-suborbicular, somewhat abruptly widened 

 near middle, with compressed sterile base, 2 mm. long, 1.3-1.5 mm. wide; seed subglobose- 

 pyriform, pilosulous, rostrate at base, rounded at apex, 0.9-1.1 mm. long; aril 0.4 mm. high, 

 fastened above its middle to the base of the seed, the 2 cellular-scarious lobes loosely appressed 

 below, their free upper portions erect. 



Type locality: Bullock County, Georgia. 



Distribution: Bullock and Chatham counties, Georgia, to St. John County, Florida. 



135. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 121. 1867. 



Polygala Curtissii pycnoslachya A. Gray; Knowlton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 3: 106; hvponym. 1886. 

 Polygala Nutlallii Chod. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 31(2)=: 190. 1893. Not P. Nuttallii T. & G. 



1840. 

 Polygala Hageri Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 686. 1903. 



Single-stemmed simple or branched erect annual, 1.3-3.5 dm. high; leaves all alternate, 

 linear or the lower spatulate-linear, 1-2 cm. long, O.S-4 mm. wide, obtuse to acute, slightly 

 mucronulate, spreading or erect; peduncles 1-4.5 cm. long; racemes capitate-globose or ovoid, 

 usually apiculate, dense, rarely and abnormally elongate, thick-cylindric, and loose, 9-13 mm. 

 thick, the axis usually 1-3.2 cm. long; bracts lance-subulate, ciliate, curved-ascending, per- 

 sistent, 1.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.3-2 mm. long; flowers rosy or rose-purple, the keel and upper 

 petals yellow-tipped; sepals broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, glabrous, 

 1.2-1.8 mm. long; wings elliptic-ovate or oblong-elliptic, 3-6 mm. long, 1.7-2.9 mm. wide, 

 mucronulate at the obtuse or rounded apex, short-clawed, 5-7-nerved; keel 2.5-3.5 mm. long, 

 the crest on each side of a lamella and a bifid lobe; capsule obovate-oval or rhombic-cuneate, 

 somewhat abruptly widened above, with broad compressed sterile base, 2.5-3 mm. long, 1.8-2 

 mm. wide; seed pyriform, rostrate at base, apiculate at apex, pilosulous, 1.1—1.4 mm. long; 

 aril 0.3-0.4 mm. high, the 2 obovate scarious lobes appressed. 



Type locality: Near Alexandria, Virginia. 



Distribution: "Pennsylvania" and Maryland to Kentucky, and southward to Georgia and 

 Alabama. 



Illustration: Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl./. 2282; ed. 2./. 2704. 



136. Polygala Chapmanii T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 131. 1838. 



Slender erect annual, 1.5-4 dm. high, obscurely papillose-glandular above; leaves all alter- 

 nate, linear, 6-17 mm. long, 0.5-1 mm. wide, mucronulate; peduncles 1-7.5 cm. long; racemes 

 ovoid or ovoid-cylindric, acute or apiculate, rarely obtuse, dense, 6-10 mm. thick, the axis 

 1-3.7 cm. long; bracts ovate-subulate, ciliate, spreading, persistent, 0.S-1.2 mm. long; pedicels 

 1.5 mm. long; flowers pink or purplish; sepals suborbicular-ovate, acute or apiculate, some- 

 times ciliate, 1.2-1.4 mm. long; wings obovate or elliptic-obovate, 3-3.8 mm. long, 1.5-2.3 mm. 

 wide, rounded, minutely apiculate, short-clawed, 6-7-nerved; keel 2.1-2.8 mm. long, the crest 

 on each side of a rounded lamella and a single sometimes bifid lobe; capsule rhombic-suborbic- 

 ular, 1.8-2 mm. long, 1.4 mm. wide; seed pyriform, rostrate at base, apiculate at apex, short- 

 pilose, 0.9-1.2 mm. long; aril 0.4 mm. long, the 2 oblong lobes fastened to the pointed base of 

 seed, loosely appressed to seed or slightly spreading. 



Type locality: West Florida. 



Distribution: Georgia to Florida and Mississippi. 



Illustration: Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 31(2) 2 : pi. 22, f. 1-3. 



137. Polygala Hooked T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 671. 1840. 



Polygala attenuata Hook. Jour. Bot. Hook. 1: 195. 1834. Not P. atlenuata Nutt. 1818. 



Slender erect or procumbent annual, papillose-puberulent above, 1-2.5 dm. high; leaves 

 in remote whorls of 3 or 4 or the upper scattered, linear, 4-11 mm. long, 0.5-1 mm. wide, acutish, 

 barely mucronulate, strongly revolute, glanduliform-puberulous; peduncles mostly 3-7 cm. 

 long; racemes conic-cylindric, acuminate or at least apiculate, loose, 6-9 mm. thick, the axis 

 0.7-4 cm. long; bracts triangular-ovate, ciliolate, spreading, persistent, 1 mm. long; pedicels 

 1.5-2 mm. long; flowers pink; sepals broadly ovate, short-mucronate, ciliolate, 1.1-1.4 mm. 

 long; wings oblong-ovate, 3 mm. long, 1.3-1.5 mm. wide, inflexed and very short-mucronate 



