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 Phlox pilosa. Hairy Phlox, or 

 1 Lychnidea. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. hypocrateriformis. Filam. inaequalia. Stigma 3-fidum. 

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



Specific Charatler arid Synonyms. 



"HLOX pilqfa ; hirfuta, caule erefto, foliis lineari-lanceo- 



Iatis, foliolis calycinis fubulatis, tubo corollae cur- 



vulo pubefcente. 

 "HLOX pilofa ; foliis lanceolatis villous, caule ereclo, co- 



rymbo terminali. Mill. Dicl. ed. 6. Sp. PL 216. 



Reich. 1. 431. IVilld. 1. 840. 

 HLOX arijlaia ; vifcidulo-pubefcens : foliis fublinearibus: 



panicula e racemis laxis et fubgeminifJoris faUigiata: 



ariftis calycinis longiffimis. Michaux 1. p. 144 ? 

 •^iCHNOIDES Marilandica Jafmini flore quinquepartito, 



calycibus lanuginofis, foliis anguftis acutis. Raj, 



Sup. 490. 

 ^ CHNIDEA umbelliferaBlattariEeaccedens Virginiana major 



repens, foliis piiofis Pfeudo-melanthii, flore albo 



pentapetaloide fiftulofo. Plitk. Aim. 233. /. 98./. 1. 



There is no Phlox pilofa in the laft edition of the Hortus 

 J^wenfis, confequently, if this fpecies had ever been intro- 

 duced into our gardens, it was probably loft long before the 

 j! me of the publication of that work. It was however very 

 °°n after introduced by Mr. Fraser of Sloane-Square, who 

 ^covered it in his travels in North-America, to which country 

 - has mad# no lefs than feven voyages, fome of which 



were 



