338 POLEMONIACEJX. (POLEMONIUM FAMILY.) * 
close-flowered, forming a corymbose or pyramidal panicle; calyx-teoth long, 
bristle-pointed ; lobes of the corolla round-obovate. (P. undulata, Pursh. P. 
cordata, Ell.?) — Var. acuminata. (P. acuminata, Pursh.) Leaves acuminate 
at each end, the lower surface, like the stem, pubescent ; calyx-lobes shorter. — 
Rich woods in the upper districts of Georgia, and northward. June and July. 
—Stem 2°-4° high. Leaves 2'-4' long, thin, strongly veined beneath, the 
primary veins uniting within the margins. Corolla purple or white. | 
2. P. maculata, L. Stem erect, pubescent and roughish, especially above, 
rarely branched, often spotted with purple ; leaves rather rigid, lanceolate, acute; 
the lowest often linear and elongated, the upper broader and rounded at the base, 
rough on the margins ; cymes closely many-flowered, lateral and terminal, form- 
ing an oblong or pyramidal panicle; calyx-lobes straight, acute ; tube of the 
corolla slender, curved ; the lobes obovate. (P. pyramidalis, Smith. P. suaveo- 
lens, Ait.) — Var. NiTiDA. (P. nitida, E/.?) Stem rigid, rough; leaves nu- 
merous, uniform, ovate-oblong, mostly cordate at the base; calyx-lobes acuminate. 
— Low woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. June and July.— Stem 
29-3? high. Leaves 2'-4'long. Corolla purple or occasionally white. 
3. P. Carolina, L. Smooth ; stem (19 high) erect or ascending, sparingly 
branched ; leaves varying from ovate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the upper 
ones often rounded or slightly cordate at the base; panicle corymbose, few-flow- 
ered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, short-acuminate. (P. triflora, Michz. ?) — North 
Carolina, Bentham. 
4. P. glaberrima, L. Smooth; stem erect or ascending, sparingly branched 
above ; leaves lanceolate or linear, acute, the lower tapering to the base, the upper 
broader and rounded at the base ; cymes usually 3, terminal, few-flowered ; calyx- 
lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla large, with the lobes wedge-obovate. — Moun- 
tains of North Carolina and "Tennessee, and northward. J uly. — Stem Wat 
high. Leaves 3'-4'long. Pedicels as long as the calyx. Corolla 1' long, pale 
purple. ; ; 
5. P. reptans, Michx. Pubescent or smoothish ; stem low, slender, simple, 
bearing long runners at the base. Stem-leaves few, distant, lanceolate, 
obtuse ; the radical ones and those on the runners larger, spatulate or obovate, 
petioled ; cyme terminal, few-flowered ; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, much mar 
than the spreading or recurved pedicels; corolla-lobes obovate, shorter than the 
slender straight tube; anthers slightly exserted. — Damp shady woods near 
. Washington, Wilkes Co., Georgia, and northward along the mountains. Mar 
. and June. — Stem 6'-10' high. Leaves 6” —8'" long, the radical ones d 
-~ long. Corolla 1’ long, purple. 
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