80 POLEMONIACE^ 



speciosa, DongL Leaves in 4's and 6's: 2 glands on eaoh corolla'lobe, 

 Parr3ri, Torr. Leaves in 2*3 or 3's: corolla white, glands lunate*obcordat«. 

 nitida, Benth. Slender: light blue corolla often greenish spotted, 

 albicaulia, Dougl. Similar but minutely puberulent: glands linear-oUongi 



6. IffiENYANTHES, Tournefort. 

 trifoliata, L. Leaves 3-foliolate: flowers racemose: corolla bearded. 

 Christa-galli« Menz. Leaves reniform: flowers cymose, crested. 



POLEMONIACEiE. 



Leaves entire, opposite: corolla salverform, rose-purple to white: stamens inserted at 

 unequal heights: perennials 1 



Leaves various; rarely all opposite and entire, then the stamens are inserted at equal 

 heights: corolla from salverform and funnelform to almost rotate 3 



Leaves simply piijnate, alternate; leaflets entire, apex sharp: corolla rotate to funnelform: 

 stamens declined, hairy at base 3 



1. PHLOX, Linnaeus. 



Matted cushion -like, evergreen: leaves narrow, crowded, 3 to 6 lines long. 



Woolly, in mats 2 to 4 inches high: leaves imbricated, recurved. ^. . 1 



Not woolly: leaves rigid, hispid-ciliate, sometimes recurved 3 



Not woolly, less densely tufted: leaves narrower, less rigid 3 



Loosely tufted: leaves linear to ovate, mostly exceeding an inch long. 



Leaves very narrowly linear, style long, slender 4, 5 



Leaves linear to ovate: corolla usually 6 to 10 lines broad 6, 7 



1. P. canescens, T. & G. Corolla white, 6 to 9 lines long, tube exserted. 



2. P. csespitosa, K"utt. Corolla tube a little exceeding the calyx lobes. 



3. P. Douglasii, Hook. Leaves with margins naked or ciliateat base. 



4. P. linearifolia, Gr. Much branched: leaves 1 or 2 inches long a line wide. 



5. P. longifolia, Nutt. Similar but lower and cells mostly 1-ovuled. 



6. P. adsurgens, Torr, Smooth leaves ovate or narrower: corolla-tube long. 



7. P. 8peci08a, Pursh. Leaves lanceolate to linear: corolla tube and style short. 



3. GILLfi^ Ruiz & Pavon. 

 • Lewots opposite, at least below, palmcUely parted into Untar or filiform divisions {entire te 



8 and rarely in 10). 

 DifiFnsely branching to nearly simple stems: corolla nearly rotate to salverform. 



Flowers scattered on filiform pedicels 1 to8 



Flowers sessile, a few together or solitary. 9, 10 



