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Sandy ground ; restricted tO' the lowei- part of the Middle dis- 

 trict; not comimbn. 



Fl. — Late Jtine to mid-Septemlber. 



Middle £>Mfnc*.— Haddonfield, Griffith's Swp. (P), Clarksboro, Mickleton 

 (H), Swedesboro, Bridgeton. 



Polygala viridescens L. Purple Milkwort. 



PI. LXXVIII. Fig. 2. 



Polygala viridescens Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 705. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Polygala purpurea Barton, Fl. Phila. 11, 69. 1818. 

 Polygala sanguinea Knieskern 11. — Britton 59. 



Moist sandy ground ; at two stations in the northern counties ; 

 common in the upper part of the Middle district, becoming less 

 frequent southward, and occasional in the Coastal and Cape 

 May districts. 



Flowers somietimics quite green, with scarcely a trace of pink. 



Fl. — Mid- June to mid-Octoter. 



Middle District. — Allaire (S), Farmingdale, Deal, Brindletown, Pemberton, 

 (NB), Hartford, Haddonfield, Lawnside (S), Lindenwold, Mickleton, Swedes- 

 boro, Riddleton. 



Pine Barrens. — Oak Road Station near Landisville. 



Coast Strip.— Ft. Pleasant, Bayhead (NB), Manahawkin. 



Cape May. — Green Creek. 



Polygala mariana Mill. Maryland Milkwort. 



PI. LXXVIII. Fig. I. 



Polygala Mariana Miller, Card. Diet. Ed. VIII. No. 6. 1768 [Maryland].— 



Keller and Brown 210. 

 Polygala fastigiata Nuttall, Gen. II. 89. 1818 [New Jersey].— Knieskern 11 — 

 Britton 59. 



Sandy ground, rare and local ; confined to the Pine Barren and 

 Cape May districts. 

 Fl. — 'Late June to early OctO'ber. 



Pine Barrens. — Allaire, Berlin, Woodbine. 



Cape Moy.— Below Court House, Green Creek, Bennett.* 



Polygala nuttallii Torr. & Gray. Nuttall's Milkwort. 



PI. LXXIV. Fig. 2, 



Polygala Nuttallii Torrey and Gray, PI. N. A. I. 670. 1840. n. n. for P. 

 sanguinea Nuttall (nee L.) [Pine Barrens of N. J.].— Britton 59. 



*The record for Swedesboro in Keller and Brown's list proves to be P. 

 viridescens, that for Hammonton cannot be verified. 



