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mm. wide, often numerous aaah ges below, remote above, obscurely peti- 
oled, linear to lanceolate: cymes in a corymb or short, ae orgie interrupted 
panicle: ee x-tube 3- nn mm inem the dee: somewhat horte i olla a ae 
often pale thou ugh pud white, the eye faintly e tube yee . lon 
lobes variable in length — (S) MOOTH-PHLOX.)—-Roadsides, a and “open 
woods, various provinces, Fla. to E Tex., Wise. an a SE Va.—Late spr.— 
P. maculata L. Plant tufted, the erect stems up to 125 cm. tall, often 
purple-streaked: leaves numerous but scarcely n geris subsessile, sca- 
brous- silicate, AE to 12 em. long and to 25 (rare y 35) m . wide, linear to 
ovate: eym a panicle 3-80 em. d its bdo exceptionally eects 
the subtendime 1 leaves: ealyx-tube 4-5 mm. and lobes 2.5-3.5 mm. long: e 
purple to white, the eye faintly striate; tube 18-24 mm. long; lobes 8-10 m 
long.—(MxApow PHLox. —Damp thickets, d and moist open CRUS 
in circumneutral soil, various provinces, N. o E , Minn, S. Que., and 
W Conn.—Late spr —early fall.—The purple streaks on the stem, althou ugh often 
striking, are not diagnostic for this spec n some occurrences, especially 
those with white flowers, they are oue while oiher r species of "the genus, 
and in partieular P. carolina, of which P. maculata appears to be a direct 
ep Eg. may be o streaked. The non- recognition of this fact has 
led to many erroneous reports of the occurrence of this species in our region, 
whereas dt seems to be one of the rarest. 
14. P. amplifolia Britton. Plant tufted, the stems up to 125 em. tall, often 
purple-streaked: leaves up to 18 em. lo wide, with short broad 
petioles widening abruptly into d bois blades ee te or usually hirsute 
with coarse hairs above, and e-pubescent bene mes in a fair 
large subeorymbose panicle, the puse subtending its purs branches ch 
reduced and the bractlets very small: calyx-tube lob bout as 
long: corolla pale-purple or rarely white; tube about 2 long; lobes 9 mm 
g.— EAF PHLOX.)— Open woods and thickets, various provi 
of Coastal Plain, t S Ind., and x S ly fall.—This 
Speeies has been confused with the next following, and was no doubt derived 
from the same ancestor, but is quite distinct in asp 
15. P. paniculata L. ped tufted, the stems up to 150 em. tall: leaves numer- 
ous, rather crowded, often subopposite: blades somewhat petioled, undu- 
late-margined, glabron S or ‘puberulent, up to 18 em. long and 4 (rarely 5) em. 
wide, elliptic: es in orymbose panicle 5-35 em. long, the branches often 
exceeding ie subtending leaves, the braetlets rather conspicuous: ealyx-tube 
Hn and lobes 3-6 mm. long: corolla purple to white, the eye often distinct; 
long; pus 9-11 mm. long.—(PERENNIAL GARDEN-PHLOX.)— 
T hickets along streams and damp woods, often in ecireumneutral soil, vario 
provinces, N Ga. to Miss., E Nebr., and S N. Y.—Sum.-fall.—P. pan nicula m is 
extensively cultivated, the majority of the garden forms of perennial phlox 
aving arisen from it or its hybrids with other species, and a escapes. 
—P. acuminata Pursh., with the leaves copiously soft- To beneath and 
CACATE on the stem as angles, may not be specifically distinc 
Famity 6. SOLANACEAE — Porato FAMILY 
Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate: blades entire, toothed 
or o Calyx of 5, (4-6), more or less united sepals. Corolla o 
(4-6), more or less united petals. Androecium of 5, (4-6), stamens, the 
filaments ud adnate to n corolla-tube. Gynoecium 2-ca ary or 
3-5-carpellary. Fruit a berry or a ae ule.—About 75 genera and I 150 
species, ne abundant in A tropics 
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