POLEMONIACEE. 
lanceolate, acuminated, narrowed below, somewhat petiolate, 
downy beneath; floral leaves subcordate ; corymbs subpanicled ; 
corolla with roundish segments, and a downy tube; calycine 
segments awned. 21. H. Native of Georgia and South Caro- 
lina, on the mountains. Flowers variegated with pale and deep 
purple. P. decussàta, Lyon, mss. 
Acuminated-leaved Phlox. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1812. Pl. 
3 to 4 feet. 
12 P. rENpULIFLÓRA (Sweet, hort. brit. ed. 2d. p. 368. fl. 
gard. n. s. t. 46.) stem rather flexuous, obsoletely quadrangular, 
clothed with rough pubescence, spotted; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, nearly sessile, glabrous and shining above, 
having the margins and nerves scabrous beneath; corymbs 
many-flowered, panicled, drooping before expansion ; calyxes 
downy, with lanceolate, mucronate segments; segments of co- 
rolla roundish, imbricate. 2f. H. Native of North America. 
Flowers of a rosy purple colour, sweet-scented; tube smooth, a 
little recurved. 
Pendulous-flowered Phlox. 
3 to 4 feet. 
13 P. Carotina (Lin. spec. 216.) erect; stem downy, sca- 
brous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, except 
the margins and nerves, which are scabrous beneath; corymbs 
panicled, subfastigiate, with many-flowered branches ; segments 
of corolla roundish ; teeth of calyx glabrous, lanceolate, erect ; 
segments of corolla roundly obovate. 2/. H. Native of Lower 
Carolina, in wet meadows ; and on the mountains of Virginia. 
Sims, bot. mag. 1344. Mart. cent. t. 10. Sweet, fl. gard. 190. 
Flowers beautiful, pale purple, the size of those of P. suavéolens ; 
tube of corolla smooth. P. Carolina, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 
149, is probably P. triflóra, Michx. 
Carolina Phlox. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1728. Pl. 2 to 8 feet. 
14 P. rüirzóna (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 143.) erect ; stem 
obsoletely tetragonal, rather downy ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous ; 
branches of corymb usually 3-flowered ; teeth of calyx linear ; 
segments of corolla roundly obcordate, slightly undulated, at 
length reflexed. 2/. H. Native of Virginia, on the mountains. 
Sweet, fl. gard. 49. P. cárnea, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2155. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 711. Flowers in loose spreading corymbs, pale lilac. 
Segments of calyx nearly as long as the tube of the corolla. 
E eren Phlox. Fl July, Sept. Clt. 1816. Pl. 1 to 
2 feet. 
15 P. wíripA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 730.) erect, quite 
glabrous; stems terete, spotted, smooth; leaves ovate-oblong, 
rather fleshy, shining and dark green above, pale beneath ; co- 
rymbs fastigiate; lower branches elongated, nearly naked; seg- 
ments of corolla broad-obovate, rather retuse; calycine teeth 
lanceolate, mucronate. M4. H. Native of South Carolina. P. 
suffruticósa, Hort. Nearly allied to P. Carolina; but the 
flowers are large, long, and of a beautiful purple colour. 
Shining-leaved Phlox. Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1800. PI. 2 feet. 
16 P. surrruticdsa (Vent. malm. 2. p. 107.) erect, glabrous ; 
stem glabrous, trifid at top, and suffruticose at the base ; leaves 
lanceolate, shining on both surfaces, and acute at both ends, 
almost veinless ; corymbs crowded with flowers. 4. H. Na- 
tive of North America. Willd. enum. 1. p. 200. Poir. encycl. 
suppl. 4. p. 397. Mordaunt Delauny, herb. amat. 3. t. 4. Ker. 
bot. reg. 68. Stem much branched, ex Vent. Corolla deep 
purplish violet, with deeper lines at the base; segments of the 
limb roundish-obovate. 
Suffruticose Phlox. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1790. PI. 2 feet. 
17 P. GLABE'RRIMA (Lin. spec. 217. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 
36.) plant tufted ; stems erect, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, smooth: corymbs terminal, trifid, sub-fastigiate ; fascicles 
3-4-flowered: segments of corolla roundish; teeth of calyx 
acuminated, spreading, mucronate. )/. H. Native of Lower 
VOL. IV. 
Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1823. Pl. 
III. Purox. 241 
Carolina, in wet meadows; and on the mountains of Virginia. 
Pursh, fl. 1. p. 149.— Dill. elth. t. 166. f. 202.— St. Hil. 18. t. 
6.— Kerner, œk. pflanz. t. 136. Flowers of a reddish lilac, 
dying off bluish. 
Quite glabrous Phlox. 
2 feet. 
18 P. rarprrioRa (Penny, in Young, hort. eps. p. 38. Loud. 
hort. brit. p. 596.) stem roughish, obscurely spotted; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminated, quite glabrous on both surfaces, shining, 
with scabrous edges: upper leaves the broadest; racemes pani- 
cled; segments of corolla rounded ; tube very long, 3 times 
Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1725. Pl. 13 to 
` longer than the calyx ; calycine teeth lanceolate, acute, erectish. 
X. H. Native of North America. P. longiflóra, Sweet, brit. 
fl. gard. n. s. t. 31. Stem bluntly tetragonal. Flowers pure 
white, fragrant. Very nearly allied to P. suavéolens. 
Late-flowering Phlox. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1825. Pl. 2 to 8 ft. 
19 P. Stckma’nni (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1826. p. 17. act. 
bonn. 14. p. 814. t. 46.) stems erect, obscurely tetragonal, gla- 
brous; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, scabrous, but glabrous 
beneath; flowers disposed in large corymbose panicles, which 
are, as well as the calyxes, downy; bracteas ciliated; teeth of 
calyx subulate, margined with red, ciliated ; segments of corolla 
obovate; stigma bifid. %. H. Native of North America. 
P. scabra, Sweet, fl. gard. 3. t. 248. Stem pale purple above, 
marked with dark purple spots at the axils of the leaves. Leaves 
rather undulated ; lower ones attenuated at the base; upper ones 
subcordate. Limb of corolla violaceous, each segment marked 
by an obcordate, white spot at the base. 
Sickmann’s Phlox. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1826. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
20 P. suAvE'orENs (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 206.) erect; stem 
quite glabrous, without spots ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth ; 
racemes panicled; segments of corolla roundish ; calycine teeth 
lanceolate, acute, erectish. 21. H. Native from Canada to Vir- 
ginia, in meadows. P. maculata, 3, candida, Michx. fl. bor. 1. 
p. 145. Flowers white, sweet-scented. There is a variety of 
this species, having the leaves edged with white, or pale yellow. 
Sweet-scented-flowered Phlox. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1766. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
21 P. Drummónni (Hook. bot. mag. t. 3441.) annual; stems 
erect, simple at bottom, but a little branched at top, beset with 
spreading hairs, as well-as the edges of the leaves, calyxes, brac- 
teas, &c.; leaves ovate-lanceolate, half stem- clasping, all mucro- 
nate and downy, lower ones opposite, upper ones alternate; 
panicle trichotomously corymbose; flowers on very short pe- 
dicels ; calycine segments linear-subulate, mucronate, a little 
rcflexed ; tube of corolla much curved, hairy, 3 times longer 
than the calyx; segments of corolla imbricate, cuneate, obtuse, 
entire. (9. H. Native of Mexico, in the Texas. D. Don, in 
Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 316. Flowers of a beautiful purple, with 
a darker eye. Lower leaves always opposite; upper ones nearly 
ovate, 
Drummond's Phlox. FI. Aug. Sept. 
§ 2. Leaves broad. Plants with barren stems. 
22 P. ova'rA (Lin. spec. 217.) erect, glabrous; radical leaves 
ovate, acute, rather fleshy, cauline ones ovate-oblong ; corymbs 
subfastigiate ; segments of corolla undulated, retuse; teeth of 
calyx linear, acute. X. H. Native of North America. Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 842. Pursh, fl. 1. p. 150.—Plukn. mant. p. 122. t. 
348.f. 4. Flowers beautiful, reddish purple. 
Var. B, Listonidna (Hort.) radicle leaves ovate: cauline ones 
lanceolate. 2. H. Native of North America. P. ovata, 
Curt. bot. mag. t. 582, 
Ovate-leaved Phlox. Fl. May, July; f, July, Aug. Clt. 
1759; 9,1816. Pl. 1 to 11 foot. 
23 P. re‘prans (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 144. Vent. malm, 
ki 
Cit. 1835. Pl. 1 foot. 
