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DIADELPHIA OCTANDKIA. 
incarnata. 
III. OCTJNDRIA. 
560. POLYGALA. Gen, pL 1154. 
* Cristatce. Floribus appendice penicilliformi. 
1. P. caule simpliciusculo erecto, foliis sparsis subulatis, 
spicis ovali-oblongis, corollis tubo gracili elongate. — 
Willd. sp. pL 3. p. 871. 
In low sandy fields and on the edge of rivulets ; Jersey 
to Carolina. 0. June, July. v.v. A delicate little 
plant 1 flowers of a bright flesh-colour. 
ruhella. 
2. P. pubescens j caule siraplici erecto, foliis angusto-lan- 
ceolatis acutis, racemo terminali;, bracteis subulatis 
solitariis caducis, alis calycinis nervoso-venosis trunca- 
lo-rotundatis corolla longioribus. 
P. rubella. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 875 ? 
In woods and on dry shady hills : Pensylvania to Geor- 
gia. I/. June, July. v. v. Flowers pale red. 
This species approaches near to P. vulgaris. Whether 
Willdenow’s plant is the same or not, I am not able 
to determine j but I strongly suspect he had but an 
imperfect specimen, in which the very minute bracteae 
had disappeared. If his specimen has come from Dr. 
Muhlenberg, it certainly is the same plant. 
pmcifolia. 
3. P. pumila, grandiflora ; caulibus simplicissirais -erectis 
inferne nudis, foliis ovatis acutis glabris, floribus ter- 
minalibus subternis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 880. 
In sphagnous swamps and bogs : Pensylvania to Virgi- 
nia j principally on the mountains. % . May — Aug. 
V. V. Not above three or four inches high j flowers 
the largest of those mentioned here, about the size of 
P. myrtifolia^ of a fine pale red colour. 
iiniflora. 
** Imherbes. 
4. P. pumila 5 caulibus simplicissimis erectis inferne nudi- 
usculis, foliis paucis lato-ovatis in petiolum angustatis, 
floribus solitariis sparsis pedicellatis nutantibus. — Mich. 
Ji. amer, 2. p. 53. 
On the banks of lake Ontario. Mlchaux. %. -f . 
Senega, 
5. P. caulibus erectis simplicissimis foliosis, foliis alternis 
lanceolatis, spica terminal! filiformi, floribus alternis, 
Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 894. 
