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Milkwort. PoT/ygala sangumea. 



Found in moist sandy soil, in September. 



The little wiry stalk, which branches near the top for the flowers, 

 is 6 or 8 inches in height, grooved and twisted, and green in color. 



The line-like leaf, with its blunt tip, and' entire margin, is some- 

 what thick, and its green color carries a hint of crimson. The leaves 

 are alternate, near together, and clasping. 



The very small yellow petals of the flower are hidden within the 

 calyx, two parts of which are larger than the others, and colored crim- 

 son. The flowers are so placed in a close cylindrical spike that these 

 crimson calyx-parts are on the outside, overlapping each other in rows 

 like tiles. These crimson spikes are on long stems that grow termi- 

 nally, and from the angles of the leaves. 



The flowers bloom in a single row at a time at the bottom of the 

 spike, which prolongs itself as the buds unfold ; when the seeds ripen 

 the lowest rows fall successively, leaving the brownish stem closely 

 beset by the little withered foot-stems of the blossoms. 



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