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3. P. MACULATA. (P. pyramidalis. Sm. P. latifolia. Mickz.) 



St. erect, subsimple, scabrous or nearly smooih ; Lower Ivs. lanceolate, the 

 highest ovdiie, cordiKXe at base, all subcoriaceous, roughish or svaooih', panicle 

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

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

 with purple spots. Lower branches of the panicle shorter than the leaves, or 

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

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

 0. suaveolens. (P. suaveolens. Ait.) F,s. white, fragrant, f 



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

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



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

 at base; panicle corymbose, ^\xbex\x\ei\i 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 purple. May — Aug. 

 0. ovaia. Benth. (P. ovata. Liym.) Lvs. ovate and lance-ovate. — Car. f 



5. P. GLABERRiMA. 'Ohio Lijchnidca. 



Glabrous ; st. branching at base, the branches subsimple ; 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, subacuminatc, 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 

 IJ — 2^' by 3 — b". Flowers purple. June, July. 



6. P. REPTANS. Michx. Creeping Lychnidea. 



S'olons creeping ; sts. low, assurgent ; lvs. ovate, obovate or oblong ; cor. few- 

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

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

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

 larger, somewhat crov/ded at the end. Flowers 3 — 8. Corolla bluish-purple, 

 tube scarcely twice longer than the calyx. June. 



7. P. DiVARiCATA. Early-fiowcring Lychnidea. 



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

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

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

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

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



/?! Laphami. Lr5, ovate ; ^je^. 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; lvs. lance-linear, margin 

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

 ceous-acuminate; pel. obovate, entire. — T]. Penn. to Ohio, Clark ! Wi^. Lap- 

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

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

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

 /? Lvs. shorter, broadest at bnse, se.ssile; Jls. smaller. — Indiana! 



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



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

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

 very loose, 2 — 5-flowered; cal. srgynen/s linear, acute; cor. tnhe curved, seg- 

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

 Co., 111., Mead I Stem brownish-purple, slender, 6' high. Leaves 12 — 15" bv 

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

 segments cleft nearly half way down, purple. Apr. 



