POLEMONIACE.^— PHLOX FAMILY 



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PHLOX 



Phlox divaricdta 



Phlox, flame, is an ancient name transferred to this 

 genus. 



Perennial. Moist open woods and fields. Ontario to 

 Minnesota, south to Florida, Kansas, and Arkansas. 



Abundant in northern Ohio. 

 ^}^ April, May. 



Stem. — Downy, erect or 

 diffuse, with creeping pros- 

 trate or ascending leafy 

 shoots. 



Leaves. — Of flowering 

 stems opposite, ovate-lance- 

 olate or oblong, mostly 

 acute; the uppermost al- 

 most clasping. 



Flowers. — Pale lilac-pur- 

 ple, in loose, spreading clus- 

 ters, faintly fragrant. 



Calyx. — Five-toothed; 

 teeth slender and pointed. 



Corolla. — Salver-shaped, 

 five-lobed with long tube; 

 lobes obcordate or obovate 

 and notched, convolute in 

 bud. 



-Five, unequal, inserted on the corolla-tube 

 and alternate with its lobes, included. 



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Phlox. Phlox divaricdta 



Stamens. 



