. 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. Leaves lanceolate, i'-2' long; tlowers white or greenish. 13. Spikes elongated-conic; flowers white. 14. P. alba. *** Flowers distinctly racemose, rose or purple. 15. P. polygama. **** Flowers 1-4, large, axillary, but apparently terminal, rose-purple to white. 16. P. paucifolia. I. Polygala cymosa Walt. Tall Pine- barren Milkwort. Fig. 2695. Polygala
. 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. Leaves lanceolate, i'-2' long; tlowers white or greenish. 13. Spikes elongated-conic; flowers white. 14. P. alba. *** Flowers distinctly racemose, rose or purple. 15. P. polygama. **** Flowers 1-4, large, axillary, but apparently terminal, rose-purple to white. 16. P. paucifolia. I. Polygala cymosa Walt. Tall Pine- barren Milkwort. Fig. 2695. Polygala cymosa Walt. FI. Car. 179. 1788. P. acutifolia T. & G. FI. N. A. i: 128. 1838. Annual or biennial; stem erect, glabrous, 2°-3° high, simple, slightly angular; roots fibrous. Basal leaves elongated-linear, atten- uate at the apex, 2'-$' long, 2"-3" wide, entire, densely tufted; stem-leaves linear-subulate, bract-like, 5"-8" long; inflorescence a simple or compound cluster of spike-like racemes; pedicels i"-2" long; bracts persistent; flowers yellow, drying greenish black; seed globose, minute, nearly glabrous; caruncle none. In wet pine barrens, Delaware to Florida, west to Louisiana. May-July. 2. Polygala ramosa Ell. Low Pine-barren Milkwort. Fig. 2696. P. corymbosa Nutt. Gen. 2 : 89. 1818. Not Michx. 1803. Polygala ramosa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 186. 1822. Annual or biennial, glabrous; stems tufted or single from fibrous roots, 6'-i6' high, simple. Stem-leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 6"-io" long, i"-2" wide; basal leaves much broader and often larger, spatulate or obovate ; inflorescence a term- inal compound corymb, 3'-6' broad, of numerous peduncled spike-like racemes; flowers citron- yellow, I2" long, drying dark green; pedicels l" long or less; wings oblong, acuminate; crest minute; seed ovoid, hairy, twice to thrice the length of the caruncle. In low pine barrens, Delaware to Florida, west to Louisiana
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