440 XCVI. POLEMONIACE^. Polemonium. 



10. P. Drummondii. Drmnmond^s Lycknidea. 



Erect, dichotomously branched, glandular-pilose; lis. oblong or lance- 

 olate, scabrous; corymb dense-flowered; cal. hairy, segments lanceolate, seta- 

 ceous, elongated, reVolute; cor. tube pilose, segments obovate, entire. — One of 

 the handsomest species of the genus, common in cultivation. Whole plant 

 glandular-scabrous, 8 — 12' high. Flowers very showy, all shades from white 

 to dark purple, f 



11. P. suBULATA (and P. setacea. Linn.) Moss Pink. 

 Procumbent, coespitose, much branched, pubescent; lis. rigid, subulate 



or linear-subulate, ciiiate, fascicled in the axils ; cal. teeth linear-subulate, very 

 acute; cor. lobes cuneate, emarginate. — Rocky hills and mountains, Penn. to 

 Ga. and Kv., abundant in its localities, in dense, turfy masses, sprangled over 

 in May with rose-colored flowers. Flowering branches, 2 — 4' long, numerous 

 and fascicled. Corymb 3 — 6-flowered. Corolla white or pink, deeper purple 

 in the centre. May. f 



2. GIL I A. Raiz&Pavon. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, segments acute ; cor. tube long or short, limb regu- 

 larly 5-lobed ; sta. 5, equally inserted at top of the tube : disk cup- 

 form ; caps, oblong or ovoid, few or many-seeded. — Herbs iciih 

 alternate^ pijmatijid Ivs. Fls, paniculate^ capitate or scattered, generally 

 bractless. 



§ 1. Corolla subrevolute, tube included in the calyx. 



1. G. TRICOLOR. Benth. Tri-colored Gilia. — St. erect, nearly smooth; Ivs. 

 twice or thrice pinnatifid, with narrow, linear .segments; cynics paniculate, 



3 6-flowered ; cor. tricolored, 2 or 3 times longer than the calyx, tube very 



short. — ® An elegant little garden plant, from California, If high. Flowers 

 numerous, limb pale lilac-blue, throat purple and tube yellow, t 



§ 2. Ipomopsis. Corolla infundibuliform, tube much exserted. 



2. G. (ipOxMOPsis) coRONOPiFOLiA. Pcrs. 



Erect, tall ; st. strict, hairy ; lis. crowded, pinnatifid with subulate divi- 

 sions ; thyrse elongated, with very short branches ; cor. elongated, segments 

 oval-oblong, erect-spreading ; sta. exserted. — (g) Southern States ! A splendid 

 herb, 2 — 4f high, bearing at top a long (If) thyrse of scarlet-red flowers. Co- 

 rollas \\' long, f 



3. POLEMONIUM. 



Gr. TTo'Xenoi, war ; Pliny relates that two kings fought for the merit of its discoverj'. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft: corolla rotate-campanulato, limb 

 5-lobed, erect, tube short, closed at the base by 5 stameniferous 

 valves ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, cells many-seeded. — Herbs icith 

 alternate, pinnately -divided Ivs. Fls. terminal. 



1. P. REPTANS. AmericoM Greek-Valerian. 



St. smooth, branching, erect; lis. pinnately 7— 11-foliate, leaflets oval- 

 lanceolate, acute; jls. terminal, nodding; cells of caps. 2 — 3-seeded. — % A 

 handsome plant of woods and damp grounds in ]N. Y. to 111. ! and .sometimes 

 cultivated. Stem 12—18' high, weak, fleshy. Leaflets mostly 7, subopposite, 

 smooth, entire, sessile, an inch long and half as wide. Flowers numerous, 

 rather large, on short petioles. Segments of the calyx lanceolate-acute, per- 

 sistent, much .shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla blue, lobes short, 

 rounded at the ends. Anthers introrse. Root creeping. 



2. P. ccERULEUM. Grcck Valerian. — St. smooth, simple, erect; lis. pinnately 

 11 — 17- foliate, segments acuminate; fls. erect; cal. equaling the tube of the 

 corolla ; cells of caps. 6 — lO-seeded. — (g) A handsome, cultivated plant, native 

 in England. Stems clustered, several from the same root, about 2f high, hol- 

 low, stout, each dividing at top into a corymbose panicle. Leaves mostly radi- 

 cal, on long, grooved petioles; leaflets all sessile, ovate-lanceolate, subopposite, 

 oblique, odd one lanceolate. Fls. terminal, suberect. Cor. blue, about i' diam. 



