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POLYGALACEjE. 

 POLYGALA L., Sp. PI. 701. 1753. 



P. cymosa Walt., Fl. Car. 179. 1788. 



Chiefly in cypress ponds; common all over the pine-barren 

 region of Georgia (wherever such ponds exist). Fl. May- 

 Sept. 

 Delaware to central Florida and Louisiana, in the pine-barrens. 



P. ramosa Ell., Sk. 2 : 186. 1822. 



Intermediate and moist pine-barrens; nearly as common as 

 the preceding, flowering at the same time, and having about 

 the same general distribution in Georgia and elsewhere. 



P. lutea L., Sp. PL 705. 1753. 



Intermediate and moist pine-barrens ; frequent but not abun- 

 dant, throughout the pine-barren region of Georgia and a 

 little farther inland. Fl. April-Sept. 

 Long Island to central Florida and Louisiana, in the coastal 

 plain. 



P. nana [Mx.] DC, Prodr. 1 =328. 1815. 



Dry and intermediate pine-barrens ; not abundant, bul- 



LOCH (871); EMANUEL, TATTNALL, COFFEE (7 1 3) , BER- 

 RIEN. FL April-June. Not observed in other parts of 

 the state. 

 South Carolina to central Florida and Louisiana, in the pine- 

 barrens, with the exception of some outlying stations in 

 Alabama reported by Dr. Mohr (Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 6 : 589. 1901). 



P. cruciata L., Sp. PL 706. 1753. 



Moist pine-barrens; not common. Montgomery, coffee, 

 irwin, colquitt, decatur. FL all summer. Pretty well 

 scattered over South Georgia, and extending inland to 

 Meriwether County (see Bull. Torrey Club, 30 : 294. 1903). 



Widely distributed in the Eastern United States, mostly in 

 the glaciated region and coastal plain (see Rhodora 7 : 74. 

 1905)- 



