DIADELFHIA OC TANDRIA. Polygala. 
Icon. Bot.mag. 1051. Mill. diet. 3. t. 5. Amoen. acad.2. 
t. 2. 
P. foliis lanceolatis, vel ovalibus, spica confertiuscula, 
floribus albidis subsessilibus. — Mich. ft. amer. 2. p. 53. 
(3. P. glabella vel pubescens - f foliis lineari-lanceolatis, spica 
laxiuscula alterniflora, floribus roseis. — Mich. Ji. 
amer. 2. p. 53. 
On the side of hills and in dry woods : a. Canada and 
throughout the Allegany mountains. /3. in Carolina 
and Georgia. If.. June — Aug. v.v. This is the 
famous Seneca Snake-root, formerly so celebrated for 
the bite of rattle-snakes ; but other more efficacious 
remedies have supplanted it. Vid. Prenanthes and 
Liatris. 
6. P. caule. simplici vel ramoso ; foliis radicalibus infimisque 
spathulatis, caeteris lanceolatis, spica cylindraceo ca- 
pitata confertiflora pedunculata.— •IVilld. sp. pl. 3. 
p. 8p4. 
Icon. Pluk. amalth. t. 438. f Q. 
a. P. caule subvirgatim elatiore. 
/3. P. subacaulis, foliis omnibus spathulatis, capitulo majore. 
Jn wet woods and bogs : New Jersey to Florida. /3. in 
low meadows of Cardina. Q. £ . July, Aug. v.v. 
A fine species ; flowers of a golden yellow j the var. 
j6. does not grow above three or four inches high. 
7. P. caule erecto simplicissimo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
obtusiusculis, capitulo terminali globoso-capitato.— - 
IVilld . sp. pl. 3. p. 895. 
In dry woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. 0. July, Aug. 
v. v. Flowers greenish-white, with some red. In 
general habit it resembles P. incarnata. 
8. P. caule setaceo subaphyllo simplici, summitate subra- 
moso, foliis parvis setaceis sparsis, floribus minutis 
dense spicatis.— Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 52. 
In Carolina and Georgia. 0. July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 
Lyon. 
Q. P. caule erecto summitate corymboso-ramoso, foliis al- 
ternis linearibus, spicis capitatis, pedunculis squar- 
rosis.— IVilld. sp.pl. 3. p. 896. 
Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 438./. 5. 
In woods on the side of hills : New England to Caro- 
lina. 0 . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers rose-coloured. 
0. P. caule a basi ramoso, foliis alternis ellipticis obtusis basi 
attenuatis, spicis terminalibus oblongis, floribus alter» 
465 
albida. 
rosea. 
lutea. 
elatior. 
nana. 
viridescens. 
setacea. 
sanguinea , 
poljgama. 
