﻿PHLOX 
  FAMILY 
  199 
  

  

  long, 
  from 
  a 
  huge 
  root. 
  Leaves 
  2-5 
  in. 
  long, 
  short-petioled, 
  linear, 
  

   acute. 
  Peduncles 
  short, 
  1-4-flowered. 
  Sepals 
  broadly 
  ovate, 
  obtuse. 
  

   Corolla 
  pink 
  or 
  purple, 
  funnel-shaped, 
  about 
  3 
  in. 
  long. 
  Pod 
  ovoid, 
  

   2-celled. 
  Plains 
  W. 
  and 
  S.W. 
  

  

  II. 
  CONVOLVULUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  or 
  shrubs, 
  with 
  stems 
  twining 
  or 
  nearly 
  erect. 
  Calyx 
  

   not 
  bracted, 
  or 
  inclosed 
  in 
  2 
  large, 
  leaf-like 
  bracts. 
  Corolla 
  

   broadly 
  funnelforrn 
  or 
  bell-shaped. 
  Stamens 
  not 
  projecting 
  

   from 
  the 
  corolla. 
  Style 
  1 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  2 
  ; 
  ovary 
  and 
  pod 
  1-2- 
  

   celled, 
  4-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  spithamaeus 
  L. 
  Downy, 
  stem 
  6-12 
  in. 
  high, 
  erect 
  or 
  reclin- 
  

   ing. 
  Leaves 
  oblong, 
  sometimes 
  heart-shaped 
  or 
  eared 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Flowers 
  white. 
  Calyx 
  inclosed 
  by 
  2 
  large, 
  oval, 
  acutish 
  bracts. 
  Stig- 
  

   mas 
  stout. 
  In 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  

  

  2. 
  C. 
  repens 
  L. 
  TRAILING 
  BINDWEED. 
  Stems 
  downy, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  

   long, 
  trailing 
  or 
  twining. 
  Leaves 
  sometimes 
  heart-shaped, 
  often 
  nar- 
  

   rowly 
  arrow-shaped, 
  with 
  the 
  lobes 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  obtuse 
  or 
  rounded. 
  

   Peduncles 
  1-flowered. 
  Corolla 
  white, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  pink. 
  Stigma 
  

   ellipsoidal. 
  Bracts 
  beneath 
  the 
  calyx 
  2, 
  ovate. 
  In 
  fields. 
  

  

  3. 
  C. 
  sepium 
  L. 
  CREEPERS, 
  RUTLAND 
  BEAUTY. 
  Stem 
  twining 
  or 
  

   sometimes 
  extensively 
  trailing. 
  Leaves 
  heart-arrow-shaped 
  or 
  some- 
  

   what 
  halberd-shaped, 
  the 
  lobes 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  truncate. 
  Flowers 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  and 
  showy, 
  white 
  or 
  tinged 
  with 
  rose 
  color. 
  Bracts 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  flower 
  large, 
  ovate, 
  heart-shaped. 
  Thickets 
  and 
  banks 
  of 
  

   streams, 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  4. 
  C. 
  arvensh 
  L. 
  BINDWEED. 
  A 
  perennial, 
  prostrate 
  or 
  climbing 
  

   herb, 
  with 
  many 
  stems, 
  from 
  a 
  long, 
  slender 
  rootstock. 
  Leaves 
  very 
  

   variable, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  arrow-shaped, 
  1-3 
  in. 
  long. 
  Peduncles 
  mostly 
  

   1-flowered; 
  flowers 
  white 
  or 
  pinkish, 
  about 
  f 
  in. 
  long. 
  Calyx 
  not 
  

   bracted. 
  Stigmas 
  linear. 
  A 
  weed 
  in 
  fields 
  E. 
  ; 
  adventive 
  from 
  

   Europe. 
  

  

  84. 
  POLEMONIACEJE. 
  PHLOX 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs, 
  rarely 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate 
  

   or 
  the 
  lower 
  opposite, 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  terminal, 
  

   forking 
  cymes. 
  Calyx 
  hypogynous, 
  5-lobed. 
  Corolla 
  regular 
  

   or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  5-parted. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  corolla 
  tube, 
  

   usually 
  unequal. 
  Ovary 
  3-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  simple 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  3, 
  

   linear 
  ; 
  capsule 
  3-celled, 
  the 
  cells 
  1-many-seeded. 
  

  

  