PEN'TANDRIA MONOGYNIA. PhloX. 14Q 



In shady wet places, mossy woods, among Sphagnum : 

 Carolina. Mlchaux. ■}/.+. Flowers purple, large, 

 5. P. erecta ; caule scabro maculato, foliisoblongo-lanceo- maculata. 

 latis glabris margine asperis, panicula oblonga confer- 

 tifiora, coroUee laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycinis 

 acutis recurvatis. — IFilld. sp pL I. p. 840. 

 Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 12/. 



In wet meadows : New England to Carolina. % . July, 

 Aug. V. V. Flowers purplish-violet or purple ; stem 

 sj^^.otted with brown dots. 

 (5. P. evecia ; caule glaberrimo immaculato, foliis ovato- suaveolens, 

 lanceolatis undique laevibus, racemo paniculato, corol- 

 lae laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycinis lanceolatis 

 acutis erectiusculis. — JFUld. sp. pi. 1. p. S40. 

 In meadows : Canada to Virginia. 1/ . July, Aug. v. v. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented ; plant not so tall as 

 the foregoing species. 



7. P. erecta ; caule pubescente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis Carolina. 



laevibns, corymbis subfastigiatis, ramulis subtriflf)ris, 

 corollae laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycis glabri lan- 

 ceolatis erectis. — JVilld.sp.pl. L. p. 841. 



P. triflora? Mich.fl. nmer. I p. 143. 



Icon. fio/. TKfl^. 1344. Mart. dec. \. t. \0. 



In sandy wet meadows : Carolina. 1/ . July — Sept. v. v. 

 Flowers beautiful pale purple, the size of P. suave- 

 olens. 



8. P. caespitosa, assurgens, glabra ; foliis lineari-lanceolalis glalerrima. 



laevibus, corymbo tenninali subfastigiato, corollse la- 

 ciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycis mucronatis. — 

 mild sp pi. l.p.Sil. 



Icon. Dill. ellh. t. 16.^./ 202 ? 



In wet meadows of Lower Carolina, and on the moun- 

 tains of Virginia, 1/ . June — Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 deep purple. 



9. P. erecta, glabra, frutescens, ramosissima ; foliis lineari- speciosa. 



bus, superioribus alternis basi dilatati^, racemis pa- 

 niculato-corymbosis, corollsK laciniis cuneato-oblongis 

 emarginatis, dentibus calycis subulatis tubum aequan- 

 tibus. 

 On the plains of Columbia. M. Lewis. T2 • May, June. 

 V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers white, with a red or 

 purple centre, similar to those of Vinca rosea, var. 

 alba. They appear in such abundance, that they cover 

 the whole shrub. 



