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1. PHLOX, L. 



Corolla hypocraterimorpha, ore angusto. Stamina tubo valde inas- 

 qualiter insert a : filamenta brevissima vel brevia, inclusa. Stylus nunc 

 elongatus, faueem ada?quans vel superans, nunc brevissimus. Ovula 

 in loculis 1, 2, rarissime 3-5. Semina sub aqua iramutata, tegumen- 

 to simpliei albumini adha?rente nee mucilagine nee spirillis pra?dito. — 

 Herba? vel suffruticuli Amer. Borealis, foliis integerrimis, caulinis 

 sessilibus oppositis summisve alternis, corollas a?stivatione niaxime con- 

 volutiva. 



§ 1. Latifolice, Perennes, America? Boreali-Orientales, uniovulatae. 



* Thyrsi 'florce ; cymulis compactis in paniculam floribundam vel 

 thyrsum digestis, pedicellis brevissimis ; caule elato stricto ; corol- 

 la? lobis integerrimis. 



1. P. paxiculata, L. P. paniculata (forma pubescens) & P. acu- 

 minata, Pursh, Benth. in DC. P. undulata, Ait. P. Sichnanni, 

 Lehm. P. scabra, Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 248. P. cordata, Ell. ; 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. n. ser. t. 13. P. corymbosa, Sweet, 1. c. t. 114, 

 a rough-pubescent form. P. glandulosa, Shuttleworth, coll. Rugel, 

 pubescent form. 



2. P. maculata, L., Jacq. Yind. t. 127. P. pyramidalis, Smith, 

 Exot. 2, t. 87 ; Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 233 ; very floribund cultivated state. 

 P. odorata, Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 224. P. rejlexa, id. t. 232 

 (hybrid). P. penduliflora, Sweet, 1. c. n. ser. t. 46. P. suaveolens, 

 Ait. Kew. ; form with white flowers and stem often spotless, to which 

 belong P. tardiflora, Penny ex Benth., and P. longijlora, Sweet, 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. t. 31. 



* * CorymboscB ; cymulis corymbosis nunc simplicibus ; caulibus 



erectis vel patentibus ; corolla? lobis latis integerrimis vel obeor- 



datis. 

 -K- Glaberrimce, nitida?, erecta? vel adscendentes ; calycis lobis latis ; 



corolla? lobis rotundatis integerrimis. Rarius corymbo vel caule 



scabro-puberulo. 



3. P. ovata, L. Sp. ed. 1, p. 152. Caulibus e basi decumbente vel 

 repente adscendentibus (subpedalibus) ; foliis ovatis nunc oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis summisve subcordatis, infimis in petiolum angustatis ; calycis 

 dentibus brevibus ovatis seu lato-lanceolatis acutis. — Bot. Mag. t. 528. 

 P. Carolina, var. ovata, Benth. in DC. P. latifolia, Michx. Fl. 1, 

 p. 143. — Var. elatior ; foliis lato- seu ovato-lanceolatis, calycis denti- 



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