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3. P. MACULATA. (P. pyramidal is. S/ii. P. lalilolia. Mickx.) 



St. erect, subsimple, scabrous or nearly smooth ; lover Iva. lanceolate, the 

 ///irAef^ ovate, cordate at b:ise, all subcoriaceous, roiigbish or smooi\\\ panicle 

 oblong or subpyraraidal ; ad. Icxlk lanceolate, acute ; pd. orbicular.— 4 Moist 

 fields, Pcnn. to Car. and Western States. Stem 2—31' high, mostly punctate, 

 with purple spots. Lower branches ol" the i)aiiicle shorter than the leaves, or 

 often elongated. Corolla tul)e more or less curved, smooth. Petals obtu.se or 

 retuse, purple, varying in gardens liom white to crimson, f 

 0. suaveolcits. (P. suaveolens. Ait.) Pis. Avhite, fragrant. ■\ 



4. P. Carolina. (P. revoluta. Aiken. P. nitida. Ph.) Carolina Liichnidi a. 

 Glabrous, erect or ascending; Irs. linear-lanceolate, attenuated to the apex, 



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

 at base; yw «/>/<; corymbo.se, puberulent or smooth; cal. teeth short-acuminate; 

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

 barrcn.s, Ohio, la.! common; also Md. to Car. Stem slender, 1 — 21 high. 

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

 few (15 — 25)-flowerod. Corolla purple. May — Aug. 

 /?. ovata. Benth. (P. ovata. Linn.) Lvs. ovate and lance-ovate. — Car. f 



5. P. GLABERRiMA. Ohlo Lijchnidca. 



Glabrous ; st. branching at base, the branches sujjsimple ; lvs. lance-linear 

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

 rounded at base ; panicle corymbose, 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, obtu.se, never 

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

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



Vi. P. reptans. Michx. Creeping Lijchnidca. 



Stolons creeping ; sis. low, assurgent ; lvs. ovate, obovate or oblong ; cor. few- 

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

 Hill-sides and mountains, la. Plummer ! to S. Car. Flowering-stems 6' high, 

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

 larger, somewhat crowded at the end. Flowers 3—8. Corolla bluish-purple, 

 tube scarcely twice longer than the calyx. June. 



7. P. divaricata. Early-Jldwering Lychnidca. 



Low% diflase, pubescent;" lvs. lanceolate, ovate or oblong; panicle cor)an- 

 bose, loose ; cal. ronghish-puberulent, segments linear-subulate ; cor. se<yments 

 emarginate-bifid. — % 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 bro;id and cla.sping at base, the florallinear-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. 



/Jl Lapliami. Lr.s. ovate ; ^e^. obtu.se, entire. — Wis. Laphaml Western Re- 

 serve. C^/itVts.' — Intermediate between P. divaricata and P. glaberrima, and 

 may prove distinct from both. 



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



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

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

 ceous-acuminate; pet. obovate, entire— i]. Penn. to Ohio, Clark > Wis. Lop- 

 ham! and SowXhem SVates. Stem 12- 18' high, rigid. Leaves 1^ -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; Jls. smaller, — Indiana! 



9. P. BIFIDA. Beck.- Beck's Lijchnidca. 



Low, assurgent, diff\ise]y branched, puberulent; lis. amplexicaul, subre- 

 volute on the maigin, acutlsh, lower lance-ovate, upper lance-linear; corymbs 

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

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

 Co., 111., Mead! Stem browmish-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. 



