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4 P. glaberrima L. Slender, erect; leaves oblong- to lance-linear, taper-poinied, 



thick, with rolled margins; calyx teem sharp-pointed; corollas pale-pink, few. n 

 Prairies and barrens, Wis. to Ga. 1 3f. June, July. 



5 P. pilosa L. Ascending, slender, glandular-hairy above ; Ivs. lanceolate to linear, 



attenuate to an acute apex ; corymbs loose ; calyx teeth bristle-pointed, much longer 

 than the tube ; corolla small. 2f Wis. to N. J., and S. May, June. 

 0. floritleina. Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; calyx teeth lance-setaceous. Fla. 



6 P. involucriita Wood. Hoary-pubescent, branched and ascending at base ; Iva. 



linear-oblong, rather obtuse, clasping, flat, the floral similar and closely subtending 

 the dense corymbs as if involucrate / calyx teeth linear or subulate-spatulate ; flowers 

 purple to carmine. it Dry soils, S. G 12'. May, June. 



7 P. reptaiis MX. Assurgent, with creeping stolons ; Ivs. obovate to ovate, obtuse ; 



fls. few ; sep. linear-subulate ; cor. hlue-purple. 7t Hills, Ind. to Pa., and S. 9'. Jn. 



8 P. divaricata L. Low, diffuse, downy ; Ivs. ovate to lance-oblong, acute ; flowers 



grayish-blue, lobes notched ; sep. lin.-subulate. it N. Y. to Wis., and S. If. Apr., 

 /3. L,apliamt1 Leaves ovate ; corolla lobes obtuse, entire. Wis. (Lapham). 



9 P. Drummondii Hook. Upright, forking, glandular-hairy ; Ivs. lanceolate to ob- 



long, mostly alternate ; sepals lance-setaceous, revolute ; flowers in dense corymbs, 

 all shades in the gardens, white to purple, with a star. Ga. ! to Texas. 



10 P. bifida Beck. Low, assurgent, dift'use ; Ivs. lance-ovate to lance-linear; fls. few, 

 sepals linear, petals deeply bifid, purple, it 111. to Mo. : rare. 6'. April. 



IIP. subulata L. Moss Pink. Procumbent, much branched and very leafy, in 

 tufts ; leaves rigid, linear to subulate, fascicled; flowers pink to white, covering the 

 tufts in May. 5 8'. Penn., S. and W., and in gardens. 



2. COLLOMIA coccfNEA. (T) From Chili, has bright carmine-red fls. 

 in heads subtended by broad bracts. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, often 3-cleft at apex, alter- 

 nate. Pods 3-seeded. 1015'. June, July. 



3. FENZLIA DIANTHOIDES. (D California. A small pink-like herb. 

 3 0', with exquisitely beautiful flowers, 1', solitary, pink with 5 purple dots around a 

 yellow eye, and the 5 lobes evenly notched at the end. Leaves linear, opposite. 



4. GILIA, R & P. Cal. teeth acute. Cor. funnel-form, the tube short 

 or long, bearing the equal sta. more or less exserted and not declined. Pet. 

 entire. Pod co-seeded. Herbs with elegant, showy flowers. 



IPOMOPSIS. Corolla tube long exserted, in thyrse-like racemes. Tall No. 1 



LEPTOSIPHOX. Corolla tube long, slender, in involucrate heads. Low No. 2 



UG! LIA. Corolla tube included in the calyx, scattered or capitate Nos. 8, 4 



1 G. coronopifolia Pers. Standing Cypress. A splendid herb 2 4f, plume-like in 



form, closely beset with delicate pinnatifid Ivs. and bearing at top a long (If) thyree 

 of bright red flowers (iyt). Sandy banks, S. C. to Fla., and W. July Sept. t 



2 G. ANDROSACEA. Strict, simple, downy ; Ivs. opp., digitately 5-9-cleft into very nar- 



row segments ; cor. 1' or more long, lilac, purple or white. Cal. 6 12'. May, Jn. 



3 G. TRICOLOR. Diffusely branched ; Ivs. 2-3-pinnatifid ; flowers many, 3-colored, limb 



lilac, throat purple, tube yellow. A great favorite, from California. 



4 G. CAPITATA, with the blue 6" flowers at length in round dense heads. Cal. and Oreg. 



5. POLEMONIUM, L. GREEK VALERIAN. Calyx and corolla bell- 

 form, with suberect segments. Stamens equally inserted, declined, hairy at 

 base. Capsules 3-valved, 3-celled. Herbs weak, with alternate pinnately- 

 divided leaves and terminal cymes, blue to white. 



1 P. rcptans L. Diffusely branched ; leaves 7-11-foliate, leaflets acute ; fls. nodding 

 pod cells 1- or 3-6eeded. U Damp uplands, N. Y. to Wis., and S. 1 Itf. May. 



