No. 1380. 
POLYGALA SENEGA. 
Class. Order, 
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 
This grows, according to Pursh, on the 
sides of hills and in dry woods, from 
Canada through the Allegany mountains. 
It was formerly celebrated as a cure for the 
bite of the rattle-snake. Itis a herbaceous 
plant, growing with us about six inches 
high, flowering in June. We find it diffi- 
cult to eultivate, as it rarely lives more 
than a year or two after — the 
soil should be sandy loam and peat. u Ji 
