DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Polygala. 
Icon. Bot.mag. 1051. Mill, diet. 3. t.5. Amesn. acad.2. 
t. 2. 
а. P. foliis lanceolatls, vel ovalibus, spica confertiuscula, 
floribus albidis subsessilibus. — Mich. fi. amer. 2. p. 53. 
/3. P. glabella vel pubescens j 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. I/. June — Aug. v.v. This is the 
famous Seneca Snake-root, formerly so celebrated for 
the bite of rattle-snakes j but other more efficacious 
remedies have supplanted it. Vid. Prenanthes and 
Liatris. 
б. P. caule simplici vel ramoso j foliis radicalibus infimisque 
spathulatis, caeteris lanceolatis, spica cylindraceo-ca- 
pitata confertiflora pedunculata. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 894. 
Icon. Pluk. amallh. t. 438. yi Q. 
P. caule subvirgatim elatiore. 
P. subacaulis, foliis omnibus spathulatis, capitulo majore. 
In wet woods and bogs : New Jersey to Florida. /3. in 
low meadows of Carolina. Q. July, Aug. v.v, 
A fine species 5 flowers of a golden yellow j the var. 
/S. does not grow above three or four inches high. 
7. P. caule erecto simplicissimo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
obtusiusculis, capitulo terminali globoso-capitato. — 
Willd. 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.Ji. amer. 2. p. 52. 
In Carolina and Georgia. ©.July, Aug. v.s.inHerh, 
Lyon, 
g. 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. O. July, Aug. v.v. Flowers rose-coloured. 
10. P. caule a basi ramoso, foliis alternis ellipticis obtusis basi 
attenuatis, spicis terminalibus oblongis, floribus alter- 
465 
albida. 
rosea, 
lutea, 
elatior. 
nana. 
viridescens. 
setacecL 
sanguinea. 
polijgama. 
