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3. P. MACULATA. (P. pyramidalis. Sm. P. latilblia. Michx.) 



St. erect, subsimple, scabrous or nearlj-- smooth ; Imeer Ivs. lanceolate, the 

 ^;g-Aes/ ovate, cordate at base, all subcoriaceous, roughlsh or smooth. ; panicle 

 oblong or subpyramidal ; cal. teeth lanceolate, acute ; pet. orbicular.— Tj. Moist 

 fields, Penn. to Car. and Western States. Stem 2— 3r high, mostly punctate, 

 with piii-ple spots. Lov/er branches of the panicle shorter than the leaves, or 

 often elongated. Corolla tube more or less curved, smooth. Petals obtuse or 

 retuse, puiple, varying in gardens from white to crimson, f 

 p. suaveolens. (P. suaveolens. Ait.) Fls. white, fragrant, -f 



4. P. Carolina. (P. revoluta. Aiken. P. nitida. Ph.) Carolina Lyckmliea. 

 Glabrous, erect or ascending; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, attenuated {o the apex, 



subcoriaceous, margins revolute, lower attenuated to the base, upper rounded 

 at base ; panicle corymbose, puberulent or smooth ; cal. teeth short-acuminate ; 

 cor. tube awned, segments obovate, entire. — % A very smooth species, fields and 

 barrens, Ohio, la. ! common ; also Md. to Car. Stem slender, 1 — 2f high. 

 Leaves 2 — 4' long, mostly quite narrow (3—4"), thick and shining. Panicle 

 few (15 — 25)-flowered. Corolla piu-ple. May — Aug. 

 /?. ovata. Benth. (P. ovata. Limi.) Lis. ovate and lance-ovate. — Car. f 



5. P. GLABERRIMA. OMo Lyckiiiilea. • 



Glabrous ; st. branching at base, the branches subsimple ; Ivs. lance-linear 

 or lance-oblong, rather obtuse, thi», sessile, flat, upper ones lance-ovate, often 

 rounded at base ; panicle cor)rmbose, lew-flowered, glabrous ; cal. teeth lanceo- 

 late, subacuminate, half as long as the corolla tube ; pet. obovate, entire. — % 

 Pine barrens, Ohio ! Very distinct from the former by its shorter, obtuse, never 

 acuminate or revolute leaves and its much larger calyx. Stem 2f high. Leaves 

 1 J — 2i' by 3 — 5". Flowers purple. June, July. 



6. P. REPTANs. Michx. Creeping Lychnidea. 



Stolons creeping ; sts. low, assurgent ; Ivs. ovate, obovate or oblong ; cor. few- 

 floAvered ; cal. puberulent, segments linear-subulate ; pet. obovate, entire. — %. 

 Hill-sides and mountains, la. Pkmmer ! to S. Car. Flowering-stems G' high, 

 with small (4—9" by 2—4") and remote leaves. Stolons with leaves 2—3 times 

 larger, somewhat crowded at the end. Flowers 3 — 8. Corolla bluish-pui'ple, 

 tube scarcely twice longer than the calyx. June. 



7. P. DiVARiCATA. Earhj-floivering Lychnidea. 



Low, diffuse, pubescent ; Ivs. lanceolate, ovate or oblong ; panicle corym- 

 bose, loose ; cal. roughish-puberulent, segments linear-subulate ; cor. segments 

 cmarginate-bifid.— '2J. Can., N. Y. ! to Va. Stems loosely branched, a foot or 

 more long, flaccid. Leaves 1 — 2' long, acute, the lower tapering;* to the base, 

 the upper broad and clasping at base, the floral linear-setaceous. Pedicels di- 

 verging, longer than the calyx which is half as long as the corolla tube. Corol- 

 la of a peculiar light but brilliant grayish-blue. May. • 



/31 Laphami. Z/i'5. ovate ; ^e/. obtuse, entire. — Wis, Lapham! Western Re- 

 serve. Cowles! — Intermediate between P. divaricata and P. glaberrima, and 

 may prove distinct from both. 



8. P. piLosA. (P. aristata. Michx. Benth.) 



Pilose-puberulent, erect or. decumbent at base ; Ivs. lance-linear, margin 

 subrevolute, subamplexicaul ; panicle corymbose; cal. hirsute, segments seta- 

 ceous-acuminate ; pet. obovate, entire. — % Penn. to Ohio, Clurk ! Wis. Lap- 

 ham! and Southern States. Stem 12— 18' high, rigid. Leaves IJ -3' by 2 4", 



attenuated to the apex. Corolla pale red or bluish-white, the tube a third 

 longer than the long, slender, awn-like teeth of the calyx. May, June. 

 Lvs. shorter, broadest at base, sessile ; Jl^s. smaller. — Indiana ! 



9. P. BIFIDA. Beck. Beck's Lychnidea. 



Low, assurgent, diffusely Ijranched, puberulent ; lvs. amplexicaul, subre- 

 volute on the margin, acutish, lower lance-ovate, upper lance-linear ; corymbs 

 very loose, 2 — 5-flowered; cal. segments linear, acute; cor. tube curved, seg- 

 ments deeply bifid. — A very distinct species, and very rare, in Rio. Beck, Cass 

 Co., 111., Mead! Stem brownisli-purple, slender, 6' high. Leaves 12 — 15" by 

 1 — 2", lower much shorter. Pedicels 1' long. Tube of corolla much curved, 

 segments cleft nearly half way down, purple. Apr. 



