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l^HLOX^ specid^a. 

 Shewy Phlox. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Polemoni ace.^. 

 PHLOX.— Supra, vol. 1. fol. 68. 



P. speciosa ; erecta, ramosa, frutescens, glabra, foliis linearibus acuminatis 

 pungentibus basi dilatatis subciliatis margine callosis : supremis alternis, 

 floribus corymbosis, sepalis acuminatis margine membranaceis tubo 

 corollae subsequalibus, laciniis corolltB cuneato-oblongis integris. 

 P. speciosa. Pursh Jl, am. sept. 1. 149. R'umer et Schulles syst. veg. 

 4. 364. Spreng. syst. 1. 624. 



Fruticulus pedalis, erectus, ramosus, dumosus, glaher nisi ad marginem 

 baseos foliorum, necnon sepalorum. Folia linearia, acuminata, pungentia, 

 tacfu scabra, margine callosa, unde quasi tricostata : costis duabus mar- 

 yinalibus ; folia superiora alterna. Flores carnei, in ramulis terminales, 

 corymbosi. Sepala d. basi lata membranacea, acuminata, tubi corollce longi- 

 tudine, cequalia, costata, intus tomentosa. Corolla hypocrateriformis, glabra, 

 laciniis limbi planis, cuneato-oblongis, integris. 



This rare plant was originally described by Pursh, 

 from specimens in Lewis's Herbarium, collected upon the 

 plains of the Columbia. It was afterwards discovered by 

 Mr. Douglas in abundance upon the dry lands of the same 

 district; and from seeds collected by that traveller the 

 solitary individual from which this figure was taken was 

 raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. It is 

 extremely impatient of cultivation. The late incessant 

 rains have nearly destroyed it ; and it is to be feared that 

 it will be soon lost altogether. 



* The (pAol of Theophrastus, the Agrostemma coronaria of moderns, 

 was so called on account of the flame colour of its corolla. The word itself 

 signifies fire. 



