440 XCVI. POLEMONlACEiE. Polemonium. 



10. P. Drummondii. Drummond's Lychnidea. 



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

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

 ceous, elongated, revolute; cm-, 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, csespitose, much branched, pubescent; Ivs. rigid, subulate 

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

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

 Ga. and Ky., 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 — G-flowered. Corolla white or pink, deeper purple 

 in the centre. May. f 



2. GIL I A. Ruiz&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 with 

 alternate., pirmatifid Ivs. Fls. paniculate, capitate or scattered, generally 

 bractless. 



§ 1. Corolla siihrevoliite, 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; cymes 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, -j- 



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



2. G. (ipomopsis) coronopifolia. Pers. 



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 1}' long, -f 



3. POLEMONIUM. 



Gr. noXcitoi, war ; Pliny relates that two lungs fought for the merit of its discover}'. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft ; corolla rotate-campanulate, limb 

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

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

 alternate, pinnately -divided Ivs. Fls. terminal. 



1. P. REPTANs. American Greek- Valerian. 



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

 lanceolate, acute ; ^5. terminal, nodding ; cells of caps. 3 — 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. CGERULEUM. Greek Valerian. — SL smooth, simple, erect ; Ivs. pinnately 

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

 corolla; cells of caps. 6 — lO-seeded. — ^ 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 , siiberect. Cor. blue, about i' diam. 



