CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 59 
P, sanguinea, L. Red Milkwort. 
Sussex: Near Sparta—Britton. Bergen: Palisades—Austin ; 
and common in fields, middle and southern counties. 
P. fastigiata, Nutt. 
Pine-barren districts — Nuttall. Ocean: Rare—Knieskern.. 
Camden: Longacoming—C. E. Smith. 
P. Nuttallii, T.&G. Nuttall’s Milkwort. 
In swampy places. Bergen: Closter—Austin. Somerset : 
Rocky Hill—Lighthipe. Mercer: Lawrence—Peters. Middle-° 
sex: Sayreville—Britton. Monmouth: Long Branch—T. F. 
Allen; North Spring Lake—Lighthipe; Farmingdale—Wm. 
Bower ; and frequent in the southern counties. 
P. cruciata, L. 
Hudson: Hackensack marshes—Leggett ; base of Snake Hill 
—Britton. Middlesex: South Amboy—T. F. Allen. Mercer: 
Near Princeton Junction—Peters; and frequent in the southern 
counties. Abundant along the borders of salt marshes with the 
upland. 
P. brevifolia, Nutt. 
Hudson: Secaucus swamp—T. F. Allen; and frequent in 
pine-barren swamps, southeastern parts of the State. 
P. verticillata, L. Whorled-leaved Milkwort. 
Dry soil. Common throughout the State. 
Var. ambigua (Nutt.), Britton. (P. ambigua, Nutt.) 
In dry soil. Frequent throughout the State and grading into 
the type, the extreme forms appearing quite distinct. Both 
appear to have either green or purple flowers. 
P, Senega, L. Seneca Snake-root. 
Rare, and now nearly exterminated. ‘In open woods and on 
hills”’—Torrey Catalogue, 1819. Camden: Griffith’s swamp— 
C. E. Smith. 
P, paucifolia, Willd. Gay-wings. Fringed Polygala. 
In moist, rich woods. Monmouth: Near Freehold—Willis. 
Hudson:. New Durham Swamp—Torrey. Essex: Franklin— 
Rusby. Somerset: Along north branch of the Raritan—Miss 
Emeline Apgar; Peapack—Miss R. C. Perry; and frequent in 
