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segments of the corolla obovate ; tube curved, 

 pubescent ; teeth of the calyx very long, subulate. 



MAB. Wet meadows. June. l[. Stem \j ft. high, 

 villose-pubes. ; teeth of the cal. aristate ; cor. pale 

 purp. or white. 



P. divaricata : stem low, pubescent, decumbent ; 

 leaves oval-lanceolate ; upper ones alternate ; 

 branches divaricate, loose, few-flowered ; segments 

 of the corolla obcordale ; teeth of the calyx subu- 

 late-linear. 



HAB. Rocky banks. July, li . Stems numerous, 

 9 — 12 in. high : fl. in term, pan., blue ; cal. erect. 



P. reptans : pubescent, with creeping stolons ; radi- 

 cal leaves spathulate-obovate ; stem-leaves oval- 

 lanceolate ; corymb few-flowered, divaricate ; seg- 

 ments of the corolla obovate ; teeth of the calyx 

 subulate, reflexed. 



HAB. Mountains. June. ii. . Stem 6 — 8 in. high, 

 erect; corymb i — 6-/1.; cal. pubes. ;fl. blue- 



P. subulata: cespitose, pubescent; leaves 1'near- 

 subulate, rigid, ciliate ; corymb few-flowered; 

 segments of the corolla cuneate, emarginate ; calyx 

 with subulate teeth about as long as the tube of the 

 corolla. 



HAB. Rocky hills. April — May. H. Procumb., 

 branching, 3 — 4 in. high ; lower leav. fascic. ; fl. 

 pink. 



P. setacea : cespitose, pubescent : leaves fasciculate* 

 subulate, ciliate, rigid ; flowers few, terminal, some- 

 what umbelled ; segments of the corolla cuneate, 

 emarginate ; teeth of the calyx subulate, much 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. 



HAB. Rocks and sandy hills. May. V-. Stem as - 

 surgent ; leav. longer than Ao. 7. ; fl. pale rose-col 



100. POLEMONIUM. Jacobs-ladder. Polcmoma. 



P. reptans : leaves pinnate ; leaflets about 7 ; flow 



ers terminal, nodding. 

 HAB. Fertile hills. May U Root creeping; stctn 



f.rcct, 1 ft. high; fl. aubcorymb.. blvc. 

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