POLEMONIACEFE. III. Purox. 
ing. The whole plant depressed to the appearance of a hoary 
Brijum, no part of it hardly rising to the height of 4 an inch 
from the ground. Leaves all hoary, lanuginose at the edges, 
ending in acute points. Flowers large, white, with a yellow spot 
towards the orifice. 
Moss-like Phlox. Pl. tufted, 4 inch. 
35 P. Hx'wrzu (Nutt. l. c. p. 110.) plant tufted, downy ; 
leaves linear or lanceolate, ciliated, pungent ; flowers corymbose, 
glomerate, few-flowered ; segments of corolla cuneated, obtuse, 
entire; teeth of calyx acute, shortish. 2t. H. Native of the 
United States in the southern pine barrens. Habit of P. subu- 
lata, but producing short, leafy stems, the summits of which 
only are floriferous. 
Hentzius's Phlox. Pl. 4 foot 
36 P. uivA' Lis (Sweet, fl. gard. 185.) plant suffruticose, much 
branched, procumbent; branches ascending, crowded, downy, 
usually 3-flowered ; leaves linear, in fascicles, cuspidate, ciliated, 
recurved ; pedicels and calyxes villous; tube of corolla twice as 
long as the calycine segments, which are linear, and sharp- 
pointed: segments of corolla obcordate, plicately lined. 2%. H. 
Native of North Carolina. Phlóx nívea, Lodd. bot. cab. 780. 
Flowers snow-white. 
Snowy-flowered Phlox. 
procumbent. 
37 P.srTA'cEA (Lin. spec. 217.) tufted, downy; leaves in 
fascicles, subulate, pungent, ciliated; peduncles few, terminal, 
subumbellate ; segments of corolla cuneated, emarginate; teeth 
of calyx subulate, 3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
11. H. Native from Virginiato Carolina, on rocks and barren sandy 
hills. Curt. bot. mag. 415. Pursh, 1. p. 151.—Plukn. phyt. 
t. 98. f. 2. Flowers pale rose-coloured, with a purple star in 
the centre. Calyx hairy. 
Setaceous-leaved Phlox. 
procumbent. 
38 P. Srsirica (Lin. amoen. acad. 2. p. 342. spec. 217.) 
tufted ; stems numerous, from the same centre, pale green ; leaves 
linear, villous; pedicels 2-4, hairy from the axils of the 
upper leaves ; segments of corolla cuneated, entire, and are, as 
well as the calyxes, the length of the tube of the corolla. )/. H. 
Native of Siberia, at the Lena.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 81. t. 46, f. 2. 
Flowers purplish, as also white, with 10 purple stripes. Calyx 
cylindrical, hairy, ex Gmel. Segments of corolla from 4 to 6, 
often emarginate. 
Siberian Phlox. Pl. ł to 1 foot. 
N.B.— Te following names occur in garden catalogues; but 
these, in most instances, are synonymous mith some of the above, 
or are names given lo hybrids or trifling varieties. 
1 P. excélsa, Penny. 2 P. Wheeleriàna, Sweet, a hybrid. 
3 P. Shephérdii, Sweet, a hybrid. 4 P. disticha, Sabine. 5 P. 
involucrata, Nutt. 6 P. læta, Penny. 7 P. elàta, Penny. 
8 P. Virgínica, Lodd. 9 P. intermèdia, Lodd. cat. 10 P. 
acutifólia, Sweet. 
Cult. Phlóx is a genus of elegant border flowers; the most 
of them thrive in common garden earth, but prefer a rich loamy 
soil. "Those species belonging to the third section of the genus, 
being tender, more dwarf kinds, will require to be protected 
under frames in winter, if severe; and it is therefore safest to 
have a plant or two of all these dwarfer kinds in pots. The 
larger kinds are easily increased by dividing at the root; and 
cuttings of the dwarf kinds strike root freely if planted under a 
hand-glass. 
IV. HUGELIA (named by Bentham, in honour of Baron 
Charles de Hugel, of Vienna.) Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 
1622., but not of Rchb., which is Didiscus. 
Lin. svsr.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, half 5-cleft, with the recesses hardly membranous ; 
Fl. April, May. Clt 1820. PI. 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1786. Pl. 
IV. Ho'cetsa. 
V. LiwawTHUs, VI. Leprosirnon. 243 
segments rather unequal, linear, stiff, somewhat spinose. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, with a short exserted tube, a 5-parted limb, and 
oblong, quite entire segments. Stamens inserted at the throat ; 
anthers linear, sagittate. Cells of capsule many-seeded.—Annual 
or perennial herbs, clothed more or less with white woolliness. 
Leaves alternate, linear, entire or pinnatifid. Flowers disposed 
in dense, corymbose heads; with the calyxes and bracteas imbri- 
cate, immersed in dense wool. Higelia differs from Gilia in the 
anthers and habit. 
1 H. pewnsir6r1a (Benth. l. c.) plant humble : stem smoothish; 
leaves numerous, nearly all pinnatifid, glabrous, with 2-3 acerose 
segments on each side; tube of corolla longer than the calyx ; 
stamens about equal in length to the corolla. ©.? H. Native 
of California, Douglas.  Corollas blue. 
Dense-leaved Hugelia. | Pl. 4 foot. ? 
2 H. rroxca'ra (Benth. l. c.) branches elongated, divaricate 
or procunibent, tomentose; leaves short, simple, or furnished 
with 1-2 segments on each side, all clothed with white tomentum, 
or at length hardly glabrous; tube of corolla exserted ; stamens 
exceeding the corolla. ©.? H. Native of California, Douglas. 
Flowers deep blue. 
Elongated Hugelia. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
3 H. virea‘ta (Benth. 1. c.) plant erect; leaves elongated, 
simple or pinnatifid, clothed with loose white wool; tube of 
corolla longer than the calyx ; stamens shorter than the corolla. 
©.? H. Native of California, Douglas. Flowers deep blue. 
Twiggy Hugelia. Pl. 4 foot.? 
4 H. rurea (Benth. |. c.) erect; lower leaves elongated, 
simple, glabrous: superior ones short, pinnatifid, clothed with 
white wool; corymbs small; tube of corolla shorter than the 
calyx ; stamens equal in length to the corolla. (2.? H. Native 
of California, Douglas. Flowers yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Hugelia. Pl. $ foot. ? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gilia, p. 245. 
V. LINA'NTHUS (from wo», linon, flax; and aySoc, 
anthos, a lower ; from the resemblance of the flowers to several 
species of Linum) Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1622. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, mem- 
branous ; with 5 strong, green nerves, which are drawn out into 
subulate, recurved teeth at the apex. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 
with a short tube, a 5-cleft limb, and obovate segments, which 
are crenulated at the apex. Stamens inclosed in the tube; 
anthers filiform, hardly sagittate at the base. Cells of capsule 
many-seeded. This is a very distinct genus, from the calyx, 
anthers, and habit. 
1 L. nicuéromus (Benth. l. e) (9. H. Native of California. 
Douglas. A glabrous, annual herb. Leaves opposite, sessile, 
palmate, with 3-5 linear-subulate segments. Flowers solitary in 
the forks, almost sessile, bractless, but numerous and approxi- 
mate towards the tops of the branches. Corolla size, colour, 
and form of Linum suffruticósum. 
Dichotomous Linianthus. PI. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gilia, p. 245. 
VI. LEPTOSTPHON (from Aezroc, leptos, slender; and 
aipwy, siphon, a tube ; the tube of the corolla is long and slender.) 
Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1622. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, equal, semi-5-cleft ; lobes linear-subulate, acute ; 
sinuses membranous. Corolla funnel-shaped ; with a very long, 
very slender tube, and a campanulate 5-cleft limb, with oval, 
obtuse, quite entire lobes. Stamens inserted at the throat of the 
corolla; anthers oblong, sagittate at the base. Cells of capsule 
many-seeded.— Annual herbs, glabrous at the base, and downy 
at top. Leaves opposite, sessile, palmately cut; with linear or 
subulate segments. Flowers disposed in dense corymbose heads, 
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