Genus i. 



PHLOX FAMILY 



ii. Phlox Stellaria A. Gray. Chick- 

 weed Phlox. Fig. 3464. 



Phlox Stellaria A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8 : 252. 

 1870. 



Glabrous or puberulent; sterns diffuse, some- 

 what woody, much branched, the branches 

 nearly erect, 3'-8' high. Leaves all linear, or 

 linear-lanceolate, sessile, acute, 1-2' long, 

 l"-ii" wide; flowers in simple cymes or soli- 

 tary in the axils, slender-pedicelled ; calyx- 

 teeth subulate-lanceolate, shorter than the 

 tube; corolla pale blue or nearly white, its 

 lobes cuneate, 2-lobed at the apex, nearly as 

 long as the tube. 



On cliffs, southern Illinois and Kentucky and 

 in Tennessee. April-May. 



12. Phlox Kelseyi Britton. Kelsey's 

 Phlox. Fig. 3465. 



P. Kelseyi Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 19 : 225. 1892. 



Many-stemmed from a woody root, the 

 stems spreading, creeping, or ascending, some- 

 times 8' long, glabrous, or slightly pubescent 

 above, very leafy. Leaves oblong, or linear- 

 oblong, sessile, glabrous, or nearly so z"-l2." 

 long, l"-2" wide, or the upper longer and 

 narrower, thick, rigid, the apex spinose- 

 mucronate, the revolute margins ciliate ; flow- 

 ers sessile or short-peduncled: peduncles and 

 calyx somewhat glandular-pubescent or gla- 

 brous ; calyx-teeth subulate, as long as the 

 tube or longer; corolla-tube somewhat exceed- 

 ing the calyx, the limb about 8" broad, blue 

 or lilac, the obovate-cuneate lobes rounded or 

 truncate. 



North Dakota to Nebraska, Montana and Wyo- 

 ming. May-June. 



13. Phlox subulata L. Ground or Moss 

 Pink. Fig. 3466. 



Phlox subulata L. Sp. PI. 15-;. i/53- 



Pubescent or becoming glabrate. Stems tufted, 

 forming mats, diffuse, much branched, the 

 branches 2 '-6' long. Leaves persistent, subulate- 

 linear, linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute or 

 acuminate, 4"-io" long, l"-l" wide, spreading, 

 ciliate, ngid, commonly fascicled at the nodes ; 

 flowers in simple cymes, slender-pedicelled; 

 calyx-teeth subulate from a broader base, about 

 as long as the tube ; corolla pink, purple or white, 

 with a darker eye, its lobes emarginate or entire, 

 shorter than the tube; capsule oblong, nearly 2" 

 high. 



In dry sandy or rocky soil. New York to Florida, 

 west to Michigan and Kentucky. Ascends to 3500 

 ft. in West Virginia. Wild or mountain-pink. Flower- 

 ing moss. April-June. 



