242 
t. 107.) plant creeping, stoloniferous, downy; radical leaves 
obovately-spatulate : cauline leaves lanceolate ; corymbs divari- 
cate, few- flowered ; segments of corolla obovate; teeth of calyx 
linear, reflexed. 2/.H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, on 
high mountains. Phlox stolonifera, Curt. bot. mag. 563. 
Flowers blue, with a purple centre, very handsome. 
Far. P, crassifólia (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 293.) 
leaves thicker; flowers deeper coloured. 214. H. Native of 
North America.  Phlóx crassifdlia, Lodd. bot. cab. 1596. 
Flowers rose-coloured. Branches simple. Leaves and petioles 
mucronately fringed with soft hairs on the midrib and edges. 
Calycine segments white, lanceolate, acuminated, erect, conni- 
vent, with scarious edges. Tube of corolla deep purple, clothed 
with glandular hairs, twice as long as the calycine segments ; 
limb purple, with rounded, slightly crenulated segments. 
Creeping Phlox. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 3 foot. 
24 P. pivarica‘ta (Lin. spec. 217.) decumbent, downy ; 
leaves oval-lanceolate, superior ones alternate; branchlets diva- 
ricate, loose, few-flowered; segments of corolla somewhat ob- 
cordate; teeth of calyx linear-subulate. 2t. H. Native from 
Pennsylvania to Virginia, on the mountains, and on the banks of 
the Missouri. Curt. bot. mag. 163. Mill. fig. t. 205. f. 1. 
Flowers purplish blue. Corymbs dichotomous. 
Divaricate Phlox. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1746. Pl. 4 to 1 
foot. 
25 P. Cawave’nsis (Hort. ex BIG: 27 
Sweet. fl. gard. t. 221.) erect; 
stems rather downy; lower 
leaves ovate: superior ones 
broad-lanceolate, opposite and 
alternate; branches downy, few- 
flowered, compact; teeth of ca- 
lyx subulate-linear ; segments 
of corolla broad, obcordate ; 
tube a little curved, ascending, 
much longer than the calyx. 
^4. H. Native of Canada. 
Flowers blue, tinged with 
lilac, disposed in a terminal, 
corymbose panicle. This plant 
is very nearly related to P. 
divaricata. 
Canadian Phlox. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1825. 
§ 8. Leaves linear-lanccolate, linear, or subulate. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
26 P. AursTA'rA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 144.) weak, 
erect, clothed with viscid down ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; panicle 
loose, fastigiate; pedicels generally twin ; segments of corolla 
oboval; tube curved, downy; calycine teeth very long, subu- 
late. 24. F. Native from Pennsylvania to Carolina, in sandy 
fields; and of the Rocky mountains, in the valley of the Loup, 
Fork. ex Torrey. Pursh, fl. 1. p. 150. Lodd. bot. cab. 
1731. P. pilosa, Sims, bot. mag. 1307.? Flowers usually red, 
but sometimes white. 
Var. a, virens (Pursh, fl. 1. p. 150.) corollas reddish purple. 
Var. È. canéscens (Pursh, l. c.) corolla whitish rose-coloured. 
Amned-calyxed Phlox. Fl. April. Clt. 1828. Pl. pro- 
cumbent. 
27 P. rirósa (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 145.) humble, de- 
cumbent, downy; leaves linear-lanceolate, short, roughish ; 
upper ones furnished with nearly sessile fascicles of flowers ; 
segments of corolla roundish, obtuse; tube straight, glabrous ; 
calycine teeth subulately acuminated. 2t. H. Native of Caro- 
lina, in sandy fields; and on the mountains of Georgia. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 1251.—-Plukn. alm. t. 98. f. 1. Flowers usually pur- 
ple, sometimes white, smaller than those of P. aristáta. 
POLEMONIACEZ. 
III. Purox. 
Var. f, amena (Sims, bot. mag. 1308.) this is probably 
nothing more than a luxuriant garden production of the species. 
3. H. 
Pilose Phlox. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1759. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
98 P. procu’mBens (Lehm. cat. hort. hamb. 1829. Sweet, 
fl. gard. n. s. t. 7.) stems procumbent, branched; branches 
ascending, clothed with hair-like down, as well as the peduncles 
and calyxes; leaves lanceolaté, acute, attenuated at the base, 
smoothish, ciliated on the edges ; calycine segments linear, 
acute; segments of corolla cuneately obcordate, with a hairy, 
erect tube, twice longer than the calyx. 21. H. Native of 
North America. Flowers disposed in terminal, few-flowered 
panicles, composed of 1-2-flowered peduncles. Corollas bluish 
purple. In habit this species is intermediate between P. subu- 
lata and P. pilosa. 
Procumbent Phlox. FI. May, Clt. 1827. PI. procumbent. 
29 P. speciosa (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 149.) erect, 
branched, frutescent, glabrous; leaves linear, acuminated, pun- 
gent, dilated and somewhat ciliated at the base, with cal- ` 
lous edges; upper leaves alternate; flowers cymose; caly- 
cine segments broad from the base, membranous, acuminated, 
about equal in height to the tube of the corolla; segments of 
corolla cuneate-oblong, entire. b. F. Native of North Ame- 
rica, on the plains of the Columbia. Dougl. in bot. reg. 1351. 
Branches of corymb 3-flowered. — Corollas flesh-coloured. 
Showy Phlox. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1826. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
30 P.susuLA' ra (Lin. spec. 217.) plant tufted, whitish from 
down; leaves linear, pungent, ciliated ; corymbs few-flowered ; 
peduncles trifid ; teeth of calyx subulate, hardly shorter than the 
tube of the corolla; segments of corolla cuneately obcordate. 
A. H. Native from New Jersey to Carolina, on dry sandy 
hills and rocks. Curt. bot. mag. 411. Jacq. fragm. t. 44. f. 
4.—Plukn. phyt. t. 98. f. 2. Flowers pink-coloured, with a 
handsome purple star in the centre. Calyx villous. 
Subulate-leaved Phlox. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1786. Pl. 1 ft. 
31 P. Hoàpr (Richards. in Frankl. journ. append. ed. 2d. p. 
6. t. 28.) plant humble, many-stemmed : leaves subulate, with 
woolly edges; flowers sessile, solitary ; segments of the limb 
obovate. 24. H. Native of the west coast of America, about 
Carlton House; and of the Rocky Mountains, in the valley of the 
Loup Fork. "This is a singular and beautiful species. 
Hood’s Phlox. Pl. dwarf, tufted. 
32 P. casrirésa (Nutt. journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 41.) 
plant diffuse, procumbent ; leaves subulate, ciliated, short, with 
reflexed edges; flowers solitary, on short pedicels; calycine 
segments spinulose; segments of corolla cuneated, entire. 2%. 
H. Native of the Rocky mountains, at Flat Head river, on the 
sides of dry hills. General habit of P. subulàta. Stems downy. 
Leaves ending in pungent points. Flowers terminating the 
branches solitary, pale violet or white. 
Tufted Phlox. Pl. tufted. 
33 P. rowcerrónra (Nutt. journ. acad. phil. 7. p. 41.) plant 
somewhat tufted, many-stemmed ; leaves subulate, very long, 
and very narrow, glabrous; stems few-flowered, very short, 
puberulous, irregularly trichotomous ; peduncles filiform, elon- 
gated; calycine segments acuminated; segments of corolla 
oblong-cuneated, entire. 2/.H. Native of the Rocky moun- 
tains, in valleys, flowering most part of the summer. Stems 
almost a span high, many from the same root. Flowers appa- 
rently white. Very nearly allied to P. Hoddii. 
Long-leaved Phlox. Fl. summer. Pl. 4 foot. 
34 P. muscoipes (Nutt. l. c. p. 42. t. 6. f. 2.) plant densely 
tufted, small; leaves closely imbricated, oblong-lanceolate, co- 
piously ciliated, very short; flowers sessile, hardly exserted ; 
segments of corolla cuneated, entire. 2t. H. Native of Alpine 
situations, at the sources of the Missouri. Root large, descend- 
