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3. P. bifida Beck. Trailing subevergreen shrub, with long ascending flower- 
ing shoots; the young ev pia to glandular a leaf-blades 
5 mm. wide, 
sessile, up to i . lon t ear to lanceolate: calyx-tube 
bout 4 mm. cae ; dus slightly shorter corolla iu HE white, dm eye 
faintly panty as 9-1 m. long; nearly as long, = with a 
S 2-6 mm. dee Mire -PHLOX.)— ` Ex ee osed slopes and cliffs in rocky or 
aa sterile soil, ‘Gentral Lowland and uer came d adj. provinces, Tenn. to 
N Okla., E Kans., Iowa, and SW Mich.—Spr.—P2. Stellaria A. Gra ay, with 
glabrate Zs s d pube Pu young EUN appears. not pe be specifically 
distinct.— Neen usually cultivated under the name P. Stellaria is a garden 
form of P. po lat 
4. P. divaricata L. Plant in an s -mat, with the lower leaves dii du. 
the erect flowering shoots up to 50 c . tall: leaf BEA se oni or ne 80, 
elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, a to 5 em. long EE ide: ibat 
E calyx-tube about 4 mm. long; lobes end what longer: 
corolla of mauve to a violet hues, ranging to white, the eye faintly violet- 
striate; tube 10- 16 mm. long, glabrous; Eu pcd hs obovate, ad 
ieee length, ae. add apiculate, or with a s as uch as 2 m 
eep -— (BLUE- PHLOX.)—Rich woods, often n cireumneutral soil over a 
duas various provinees, rarely Coastal Plai N Fla. to E rs e pus 
, W Que., and N Vt.—Spr.—The flower of this spec con- 
sistently of a Huish color than those of any other Sea —Several eae gar- 
den forms and hybrids with other species are in cultivati 
osa L. Plant gata: the ge up to 60 em. rand Lip or did 
10 c nd 
i Ww the eye times purple- 
striate; tube 10-18 mm. long, glabrous or pubescent; lobes obovate, variable 
i , entire, erose, mucronulate or apiculate — (Downy- -PHLOX.)— Open 
oods, hammocks, barrens, thickets, and prairies, often in sterile soil, various 
provinces, Fla. to Tex. S Man., S Ont., and W Conn.—Spr. -early sum. or all 
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maintained as specifically distinct. P. glutinosa Buckl. is regarded as a hy- 
brid between this species and P. divaricata. 
6. P.floridana Benth, Plant tufted, the stems up to 80 cm. tall, glabrous below 
the inflorescence; leaf-blades sessile, up to 10 em. long and 7 mm. wide, linear 
: VE the upper gra peu Shortened and T de 
a termin al corymb, glandu ular-pubescent ; /ealyx-tube and 
lobos 4—6 mm Arun one ee diua tube 15-20 mm pm en obo: 
vate, entire oft ten larger than the n ext preceding : species — (FLORIDA 
PHLox.)— — Sterile EH thickets, and swamp-margins, NW Fla. aids adj. Ala. 
and Ga.—Blooms about a month later than P. pilosa, in early summer.—One - 
of the most restricted in area of all our oxes, Someti mes some to grade 
toward P. pilosa, but usually quite distinct in aspec 
7. P. oena Sims. Plant in an open-mat, with the lower pus: evergreen, 
Pu purplish beneath, the flowering shoots u up.to 30 em. tall: leaf-blades 
sessile, up to 5 em. long and to 8 m mm. wide, the (tuts spatulate but. the 
majority linear- -elliptie to LB par bu B pare lanceolate to 
elliptic: calyx-tube 4-5 m ong; lobes of t me slightly PES 
length: corolla Diui. pale-violet, lilac. white, the eye fain 
