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POLYGALACEAE. 



lo. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray, 

 wort. Fig. 2704. 



Vol. 11. 



Curtiss' Milk- 



Polygala Curtissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. s, 121. 1867. 



Erect, slender, 8'-io' high, much resembling the preced- 

 ing species and the following; heads globose or rarely 

 elongated, at first pointed, blunt when fully developed, 

 loosely flowered, 4"-6" thick; bracts persistent, mainly 

 shorter than the slender pedicels ; flowers purple ; wings 

 oblong, clawed, nearly erect, twice the length of the pod; 

 seed obovoid, very hairy, apiculate; caruncle minute, much 

 shorter than the seed. 



In dry soil, Pennsylvania to Kentucky, Georgia and Ala- 

 bama. Aug.-Sept. 



II. Polygala mariana Mill. Maryland Milk- 

 wort. Fig. 2705. 



Polygala mariana Mill. Gard. Diet. no. 6. 1768. 

 Polygala fasligiata Nutt. Gen. 2: 89. 1818. 



.A.nnual, slender, glabrous, 6'-i6' high, at length 

 much branched above. Basal leaves none ; stem- 

 leaves linear, 3"-9" long, about i" wide, entire, 

 mostly acute, mucronulate ; heads globose or slightly 

 longer than thick, obtuse, 3"-4" wide ; pedicels slen- 

 der, ii"-2" long; flowers rose-purple; wings ovate- 

 oblong or obovate, pointed, narrowed at the base, 

 slightly longer than the pod; bracts deciduous from 

 the elongating axis ; caruncle-lobes embracing the 

 smaller extremity of the slightly hairy obovoid seed; 

 corolla minutely crested. 



In dry soil, southern New Jersey and Delaware to 

 Florida, west to Kentucky and Texas. July-Sept. 



12. Polygala Nuttallii T. & G. Nuttall's Milkwort. 

 Ground Centaury. Fig. 2706. 



Polygala sanguinea Nutt. Gen. 2 : 88. 1818. Not L. 1753. 



Polygala Nuttallii T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 670. 1840. 



Annual, glabrous, erect, slender, 4,'-y' high, branching above. 

 Basal leaves none; stem-leaves numerous, linear or linear- 

 oblong, 3"-8" long, V'-i" wide, entire, obtuse or acutish; 

 spikes cylindric or oblong, about 2" thick, 3"-6" long, the 

 floral axis elongating as the fruits fall away from below; 

 pedicels J" long or less; bracts subulate, persistent; flowers 

 greenish or yellowish-purple, i" long; seed obovoid, very 

 hairy, longer than the caruncle ; wings oblong to oval, about 

 equalling the pod ; crest very small. 



In dry sandy soil in open places, eastern Massachusetts to North 

 Carolina ; apparently erroneously recorded from farther west. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



