Phlox POLEMONIAC— HYDROPHYLLAC. Hydrophyllum 



P. divaricata L. Blue Phlox. 



Frequent on rich wooded slopes, or occasionally in open ground 

 along the Susquehanna River and Octoraro Creek, in western Cecil 

 County; escaped from cultivation near Wilmington. Mid- April, 

 May. 



P. pilosa L. Downy Phlox. 



Rare, in New Castle County: woods near Centreville, Commons, 

 June 1863 (A); serpentine barrens near Centreville, Commons, 5 

 June 1874. No other collections are known. 



P. subulata L. Moss Phlox. "Moss Pink." 



Known in our territory only on serpentine soil of Cecil County: 

 along Octoraro Creek, 1 mi. n. w. of Octoraro, Long, 32225, 3 May 

 1925 (A) ; Octoraro Creek, just south of Pennsylvania line. Wherry, 

 4 May 1930 (A); Bald Friar, Long, 42975, 6 May 1934 (A). Late 



April, May. 



Ipomopsis Mx. 



I. rubra (L.) Wherry. {Gilia rubra Heller; G. coronopifolia Pers. 

 See Bartonia 18, 56. 1936.) Standing Cypress. 

 Infrequent, in dry sandy soil; cultivated, and sometimes per- 

 sisting on sites of old dwellings long after the buildings have disap- 

 peared; southern Sussex County, and at Sharptown (Wi). Mid- 

 June to early Sept. 



Polemonium L. Jacob's Ladder. 

 P. reptans L. 



Frequent in northern New Castle County, one station in Talbot 

 County: Windmill Branch, 1}4 mi. s. of Easton, Earle, 1402, 9 May 

 1937 (P). Late April, mid-May. 



HYDROPHYLLACEAE (Waterleaf Family) 



Hydrophyllum L. Waterleaf. 

 H. virginianum L. 



Frequent in rich woods of the Piedmont; less so in the northern 

 part of the Coastal Plain. Late April, May. 



H. canadense L. 



Rare; in moist rocky woods along the Susquehanna River: 

 Conowingo (Ce), Long, 21 April 1909 (A); Fogg, 1915, 15 May 

 1927 (P). 



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