PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Phlox, 
. In shady wet places, mossy woods, among Sphagnum : 
Carolina. Michaux. Y. +. Flowers purple, large. 
.9. P. erecta; caule scabro maculato, foliis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis glabris margine asperis, panicula oblonga confer- 
tiflora, corolla laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycinis 
acutis recurvatis.— Willd, sp. pl. t. p. 840. 
Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 127. 
In wet meadows : New England to Carolina. Y. July, 
^* Aug. v.v. Flowers purplish-violet or purple; stem 
spotted with brown dots. * 
6. P. erecta; caule glaberrimo immaculato, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis undique lavibus, racemo paniculata, corol- 
le laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycinis. lanceolatis 
, acutis erectiusculis.— Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 840. 
‘In meadows: Canada to Virginia. 2%. July, Aug. .v. v. 
Flowers white, sweet-scented; plant not so tall as 
the foregoing species. 
7.P. erecta; caule pubescente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
levibus, corymbis subfastigiatis, ramulis subtrifloris, 
corollae laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycis glabri lan- 
. ceolatis erectis.— Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 841. 
P. triflora? Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 143. 
Jeon. Bot^mag. 1344. Mart. dec. 1. t. 10. 
-In sandy wet meadows : Carolina.’ Y. July —Sept. v.v. 
: Flowers beautiful pale purple, the size of P. suave- 
8. P. cespitosa, assurgens, glabra; foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
5» levibus, ee pde cm subfastigiato, corolla la- 
. Ciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycis mucronatis.— 
Willd. sp. pl. 1. p.841. — . 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 166. f. 202 ? 
` In wet meadows of Lower Carolina, and on the moun- 
tains of Virginia. Y.June—Aag. v.v. Flowers 
. deep purple. : 
9. P. erecta, glabra, frutescens, ramosissima ; foliis lineari- 
bus, superioribus alternis basi dilatatis, racemis pa- 
niculato-corymbosis, corolla laciniis cuneato-oblongis 
e cu inatis, dentibus calycis subulatis tubum æquan- 
ti < m Kcd m a 
^. On the plains of Columbia. M. Lewis. h . May, June. 
` v.s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers white, with a red or 
. purple centre, similar to those of Vinca rosea, var. 
alla, They appear in such abundance, that they cover 
the whole shrub. | d dim y 
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maculata. 
suaveolens, 
carolina. 
glalerrima. 
speciosa. 
