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Hydrophyllaceae 



Phacelia 



50 



Map 1696 



Ellisia Nyctelea L. 



o 50 



Map 1697 



Phacelia bipinnat if ida Michx. 



where found. Most of my specimens are from wooded flood plains and 

 terrace banks of the Wabash River although I found it in a woods in Benton 

 County. Welch reported it for Fountain Park in Jasper County and it has 

 been reported for the Calumet Region. 



N. J., Minn, to Sask., southw. to Va., Nebr., and Kans. 



7025. PHACELIA Juss. Phacelia 



Inflorescence with a copious pubescence of spreading, glandular, hairs; corolla lobes 



entire 1. P- bipinnatifida. 



Inflorescence with a rather sparse, appressed pubescence. 

 Calyx lobes pubescent over the entire outer surface. 



Filaments of stamens pubescent; upper leaves sessile, only the lower ones on long 

 petioles; calyx lobes of an elliptic type, about 4 mm long, obtuse, much 



shorter than the corolla. (See excluded species no. 514, p. 1082) P. dubia. 



Filaments of stamens glabrous; upper leaves long-petiolate ; calyx lobes of a 



linear type, about 5 mm long, almost as long as the corolla 2. P. Covillei. 



Calyx lobes glabrous on the back, the margins ciliate with long, spreading hairs; 

 corolla lobes fringed 3. P. Purshii. 



1. Phacelia bipinnatifida Michx. Map 1697. Infrequent throughout the 

 area shown on the map which covers all of our reports. Probably absent 

 from the area east and north of the stations indicated. The only report 

 from Ohio is from Hamilton County, near Cincinnati. It prefers a moist, 

 rich soil, usually that of wooded slopes along streams. The bruised plant 

 is ill-scented. 



Ohio, 111. to Mo., southw. to Ga., Ala., and Tenn. 



2. Phacelia Covillei Wats.* Coville Phacelia. Map 1698. An extreme- 

 ly lare and local plant. I have specimens from the low woods about 

 Little Cypress Swamp in Knox County as follows: It was first found by 

 Schneck on May 16, 1896, when it was in fruit. He again found it in flower 

 on April 20, 1903. Blatchley found it in flower April 23, 1903. I found it in 

 fruit May 23, 1926, and in flower on April 19, 1927. I made a study of it 

 on the ground and made the following notes: Length of corolla 4 mm, 



* The name of this plant now becomes Phacelia ranunculacea (Nutt.) Constance. 

 (Rhodora 42: 39. 1940.) 



