﻿WATERLEAF 
  FAMILY 
  201 
  

  

  in. 
  long; 
  lobes 
  notched 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tube. 
  Capsule 
  

   oval, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  calyx 
  teeth. 
  In 
  moist, 
  open 
  woods.* 
  

  

  6. 
  P. 
  Drummondii 
  Hook. 
  DRUMMOND'S 
  PHLOX. 
  Annual 
  ; 
  stem 
  

   erect 
  or 
  ascending, 
  slender, 
  weak, 
  branching, 
  glandular-downy, 
  6-12 
  

   in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  mostly 
  alternate, 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  oblong, 
  downy, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  clasping 
  by 
  a 
  heart-shaped 
  base. 
  Corymbs 
  loose. 
  Flowers 
  

   rather 
  long-pediceled. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  short, 
  the 
  teeth 
  lanceolate, 
  bristle- 
  

   pointed, 
  soon 
  recurved. 
  Corolla 
  purple 
  to 
  crimson 
  or 
  white 
  ; 
  orifice 
  

   of 
  the 
  tube 
  usually 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  or 
  yellowish 
  star-like 
  ring 
  ; 
  lobes 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Ovary 
  3-seeded 
  ; 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  winged. 
  

   Introduced 
  from 
  Texas 
  and 
  common 
  everywhere 
  in 
  gardens.* 
  

  

  7. 
  P. 
  subulata 
  L. 
  GROUND 
  PINK, 
  Moss 
  PINK, 
  FLOWERING 
  Moss. 
  

   Stems 
  perennial, 
  prostrate, 
  8-18 
  in. 
  long, 
  with 
  many 
  short, 
  somewhat 
  

   upright 
  branches, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  linear-awl-shaped, 
  stiff, 
  about 
  

   ^ 
  in. 
  long, 
  crowded, 
  with 
  clusters 
  of 
  smaller 
  ones 
  in 
  their 
  axils. 
  Flower 
  

   clusters 
  3-6-flowered. 
  Corolla 
  pink-purple, 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  center, 
  or 
  some- 
  

   times 
  white. 
  Forms 
  dense 
  mats 
  on 
  rocky 
  or 
  sandy 
  hillsides. 
  S. 
  and 
  W. 
  

   and 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  II. 
  POLEMONIUM 
  L.. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  pinnate. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  

   corymbs. 
  Calyx 
  bell-shaped, 
  5-lobed. 
  Corolla 
  wheel-shaped, 
  

   the 
  limb 
  with 
  5 
  obovate 
  lobes. 
  Stamens 
  borne 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  

   of 
  the 
  corolla, 
  the 
  filaments 
  enlarged 
  and 
  hairy 
  below. 
  Cap- 
  

   sule 
  ovoid, 
  3-celled, 
  many-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  reptans 
  L. 
  JACOB'S 
  LADDER, 
  BLUE 
  VALERIAN, 
  BLUEBELL. 
  

   Stems 
  smooth, 
  branched, 
  and 
  leaning 
  over, 
  6-12 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaflets 
  

   usually 
  7 
  or 
  9, 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  Corolla 
  blue, 
  about 
  3 
  times 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Capsule 
  3-seeded, 
  borne 
  on 
  a 
  short 
  stalk 
  in 
  the 
  

   persistent 
  calyx. 
  Damp, 
  open 
  woods, 
  sometimes 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  85. 
  HYDROPHYLLACE.3D. 
  WATERLEAF 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs, 
  usually 
  hairy. 
  Leaves 
  commonly 
  alternate 
  and 
  alter- 
  

   nate-lobed. 
  Flowers 
  with 
  their 
  parts 
  in 
  fives, 
  in 
  appearance 
  

   not 
  unlike 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  family, 
  in 
  one-sided 
  cymes, 
  

   which 
  are 
  coiled 
  up 
  at 
  first. 
  Calyx 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  ovary, 
  usually 
  

   with 
  appendages 
  at 
  the 
  notches. 
  Corolla 
  often 
  with 
  scales 
  or 
  

   nectar-bearing 
  folds 
  inside. 
  Stamens 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  corolla 
  tube 
  

   Style 
  2-cleft, 
  or 
  styles 
  2. 
  Ovary 
  entire 
  and 
  usually 
  1-celled. 
  

   Fruit 
  a 
  capsule, 
  2-valved, 
  4-many-seeded. 
  

  

  