ut , ‘Stamens exserted. (Cantua Floridana, Nutt.?) — Dry sandy soil, Fl 
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northward, April and May.— Stem 19 high. Leaves 1'-1j/ long. Corolla 
. 6 — 9" long, pale bluish-purple. 
7. P. Walteri. Softly pubescent or villous ; stem low, ascending, simple; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, rather acute, sessile, erect; the lower ones approximate, 
the upper distant and often alternate; cymes terminal, compact, leafy-bracted ; 
corolla-tube longer than the obovate lobes, and twice as long as the straight barely 
awned ciliate calyx-teeth. (P. pilosa, var. Walteri, Gray. P. pilosa, Walt., EU. 
P. glutinosa, Buckl.?) Dry gravelly hills and pine barrens, Florida, and north- 
ward. April and May.— Stem 6/-12' high. Leaves l'long. Corolla bright 
purple, sometimes white, the tube 6" —8" long. 
8. P. pilosa, L. Pubescent or villous; stem erect, mostly branching; 
leaves linear, or linear-lanceolate, spreading, distant, acute, the uppermost 
rounded at the base ; cymes corymbose, loose-flowered ; calyx-teeth $ as long as 
the tube of the corolla, prolonged into long and spreading bristle-like points, 
hairy. (P. aristata, Michx.) — Dry woods, Florida, and northward. April and 
May. — Stem rather slender, 19-139 high. Leaves 2'-4'long. Corolla} long, 
purple. 
9. P. Floridana, Benth. Stem erect, simple, closely pubescent; leaves 
uniform, linear-lanceolate, acute, spreading or recurved, the upper ones often al- 
ternate; cymes crowded or corymbose ; calyx-teeth spreading, somewhat bristle- 
pointed, glandular-pubescent,  - 4 as long as the tube of the large corolla. — 
Dry open woods, Middle Florida. May.— Stem 139-29 high. Leaves 2!—3' 
long. Corolla 1' broad, pale purple, the lobes round-obovate and entire. : 
$ 2. Stems shrubby, tufted, creeping: leaves subulate, rigid, leafy in the axils : style 
short. 
10. P. subulata, L. Pubescent; flowering stems erect; leaves very nu- 
- merous, the upper ones linear and mostly alternate; calyx-teeth subulate, erect, 
Spiny-pointed ; lobes of the corolla notched or entire, (P. setacea, Z. P. Hent- 
zii, Nutt.) — Sandy pine barrens, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 
and May.— Stems 4'—12' long. Leaves 4"-6/ long. Corolla j/- 1' broad, 
purple or white. 
P. Drummonpi1, Hook., is an annual species, common in gardens. 
2. GILIA, Ruiz and Pavon. 
.. Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, Sobel. Bt 
mens inserted equally near the mouth of the corolla.. Ovules commonly numer- 
ous in the cells. Capsule oblong or obovoid. Seeds angled or compressed. — 
Herbs, with finely divided leaves, and showy flowers. 
. lL G. coronopifolia, Pers. Stem tall, simple, pubescent or hairy, very 
= leafy ; leaves pinnately divided into many filiform very acute segments ; flowers 
. Starlet, crowded in a long compound raceme or narrow panicle ; corolla tubular- 
-fannel-shaped, with the oval-oblong obtuse lobes about j as long as the tube; = E 
South Carolina, and westward. July. rae 20-49 igh 
