590 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Flowers purplish; June, July. Common; most frequent throughout the Central 
Pine belt. Annual. mee ; 
Type locality: “In New Jersey and Virginia; in forests and on roadsides near 
ditches.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala incarnata L. Sp. Pl. 2: 701. 1753. NUDE-STEMMED MILKWoRT. 
EM. Sk.2:185. Gray, Man. ed.6,121. Chap. F1.84. | 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. New Jersey to Virginia, west to Ilinois, 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. Pl. 2: 705. 1753. GREENISH-FLOWERED MILKWORT. 
Polygala sanguinca L. Sp. Pl. 2: 705. 1753. 
P. purpurea Nutt. Gen. 2:88, 1818. 
EI. Sk. 2:184. Gray, Man.ed.6,121. Chap. FI. 83. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New England west to Minnesvta, 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 (H. A. Smith). Flowers pale purplish; July. Only locality known in 
the State. Anuual. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala curtissii Gray, Man. ed.5,121. 1867. Curtiss’s MILKWortT. 
Gray, Man.ed.6,121. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 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 §: Zarle). Clay County, 
Che-aw-ha Mountain, common to 2,000 feet altitude. Coosa hiJls, sandy wet places. 
Cullman County, 800 feet. Calhoun County, Auniston, 600 feet. Flowers bright 
pink; July. Local, not infrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Near Alexandria, Va., 4. H. Curtiss.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. ‘ 
Polygala mariana Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no.6. 1768. MARYLAND MILK-WorT. 
Polygala fastigiata Nutt. Gen. 2:89. 1818. 
P. sanguinea Torr. & Gray, Fl. N.A.1:126. 1840. TExel.syn. 
Gray, Man.ed.6,121. Chap. FI. 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 §: Larle). Dallas, Selma 
(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, FJ. N. A.1:670. 1840. NurtTa.v’s MILKWorT. 
Polygala sanguinea Nutt. Gen. 2:88. 1818. Not L. 
P.ambigua Torr. & Gray, F1.N.A.1:130. 1838. Not Nutt. 
El]. Sk.2: 184. Gray, Man. ed.6,121. Chap. FI. 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. Tnscaloosa County (£. 4. Smith). Flowers purple; 
July. Only locality known in the State. Annual. 
Type locality of Polygala sanguinea Nutt. : ‘‘ In the low pine barrens of New Jersey.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala chapmani Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1:131. 1840. CHapman’s MILKWworT. 
Chap. F1. 83. 
Louisianian area, Western Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp grassy pine barrens. Mobile County. Flowers 
pale purple; May, June. Notrare. Slender, 8 to 12 inches high. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘West Florida, Dr. Chapman.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Her). Mohr. 
