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Phlox Stolonifera. Creeping Phlox. 



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CYj/} and Order. 



PeNTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character, 

 Cor. hypocrateriformis. Filamenta insequalia. Stigma 3-fidum. 

 Cal. prifmaticus. Cap/. 3-locularis 1-fperma. 



Specific Characler. 

 PHLOX ftolonifcra ; ftolonibus repentibus, foliis fpatulato- 

 obovatis. 



Twelve fpecies of Phlox are enumerated in Willdenows 

 edition of the Species Plantarum of Linnaeus, of which four 

 have been already figured in the Botanical Magazine. From 

 all thefe this is totally diftinct, having trailing ftalks which take 

 root at every joint, much in the manner of Ajuga reptans 

 and Viola odorata, whence our trivial name. Leaves obovate, 

 fpatulate, with ciliated petioles. Peduncles or flowering ftalks 

 erect, both immediately from the roots, and from the axils of the 

 leaves, bearing an umbel or cyme of nodding flowers of a bright 

 violet colour, and furnifhed with 1 — 4 pair of linear-lanceolate 

 leaves or bra&eae, hairy at the edges, fometimes oppofite and 

 fometimes alternate. Four of the filaments are the length 

 of the tube, and one fhorter by half, which gives the flower 

 the appearance of being tetrandrous. 



We are informed by Mr. John Fraser, of Sloane-Square, 

 Chelfea, that he firft difcovered this plant in Georgia, in the 

 year 1786, together with Phlox pilofa, fetacea, and fuhnw&t 

 but that living plants were not brought to Europe till 1801, nis 

 fixth voyage to North-America, on botanical refearches, W 

 company with his fon. This lad voyage was undertaken in 

 confequence of an ukafe of their late imperial Majeflies the 

 Emperor and Emprefs of all the Rufiias, appointing him their 

 Botanical Colleger. We truft that fo much zeal will meet 

 with a due reward. 



It promifes to be a valuable addition to our gardens, pa r ' 

 ticularly calculated for ornamenting rock-work, being, ** 

 arc alfured, perfectly hardy in our climate, although the fp e ' 

 cimen from which our drawing was made laft Summer W* 

 flowered in the (love : if planted in a pot and placed on a 

 pedeftal or flower (land, with the branches fuffered to hang 

 down the fide?, it muft when in full flower make a very fhevry 

 appearance. 



