184 PHLOX FAMILY 



Jacquemontia pentantha. Flowers blue or violet, nearly 

 1 in. across, in clusters. Stems trailing or twining. Leaves 

 oblong or broadest near base, pointed, 1-2 in. long or less. 

 Sandy soil near the coast. Southern Fla. 



Jacquemontia reclinata. Flowers white or bluish, 1 in. 

 across, in clusters. Stems prostrate or ascending. Leaves 

 oblong or roundish, 1 in. long or less, minutely hairy. Near 

 the coast. Southern Fla. 



Dichondra carolinensis. Small creeping plant with little 

 roundish leaves, and small, greenish, 5-lobed, solitary flowers 

 in leaf-axils. Low grounds. Blooming all the year. Fla. 

 to Va. and Texas. 



WATER-LEAF FAMILY (Hydrophyllaceae) 

 Herbaceous. Leaves alternate. Flowers blue, wheel-shaped. 



Nama (Genus Nama) 



The intense color of the flowers renders this plant con- 

 spicuous, even when overtopped by grasses and other marsh 

 plants. Long stamen filaments and styles of the same 

 bright blue as the petals add to the brilliancy of the 

 flowers. 



Nama corymbosum. Flowers blue, nearly 1 in. across, 5- 

 lobed, in terminal clusters. Stamens 5. Stems 1-2 ft. tall. 

 Leaves oblong, 1-2 in. long. Low grounds. Blooming in 

 summer. Fla. to S. C. 



PHLOX FAMILY {Polemonmceae) 



Herbaceous plants. Flowers 5-lobed, white, purple, pink, or 

 red, in terminal inflorescence. Fruit a capsule. 



Phlox (Genus Phlox) 



Several wild flowers introduced from western states 

 have found Florida's soil and climate so stimulating that 



