. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6. Polygala verticillata L. Whorled Milk- wort. Fig. 2700. Polygala verticillata L. Sp. PI. 706. 1753. Annual, glabrous, very slender, 6'-i2' high, usually branched, the branches often opposite. Basal leaves none; stem-leaves linear, 3"-ls" long, i"-2" wide; acute, entire, punctate, mucron- ulate, mostly verticillate in 4's or 5's, with some
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6. Polygala verticillata L. Whorled Milk- wort. Fig. 2700. Polygala verticillata L. Sp. PI. 706. 1753. Annual, glabrous, very slender, 6'-i2' high, usually branched, the branches often opposite. Basal leaves none; stem-leaves linear, 3"-ls" long, i"-2" wide; acute, entire, punctate, mucron- ulate, mostly verticillate in 4's or 5's, with some scattered ones 00 the stem or branches; spikes conic, long-peduncled, acute, 2" thick at the base, very dense, 4"-io" long; flowers greenish or pur- plish ; pedicels about V long; wings broadly oval, distinctly clawed, shorter than the pod; crest of the corolla manifest; seed oblong, hairy, twice the length of the caruncle; bracts deciduous. In dry or moist soil, mostly in fields, southern Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota. Saskatchewan, Nebraska, Florida and Mexico. Ascends to 2,500 ft. in Virginia, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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