406 POLEMONIACEiE. [part n. 



ORDER CXXXIY.— POLEMONIACE^. 



This is a very interesting order to the lovers 

 of ornamental flowers, from the beauty of those 

 of some of the genera. The genus Polemonium, 

 the Greek Valerian, has one species {P .coeruleum) 

 which is found wild in many parts of England, 

 and is known by the names of Charity and 

 Jacob's Ladder. The corolla, which is of a 

 deep blue, softening into white in the centre, 

 is rotate, with the stamens, which are bearded 

 at the base, inserted in the throat. The capsule 

 is three-celled, and many-seeded, as is generally 

 the case with plants in this order, and the leaves 

 are pinnate. The Phloxes are well-known ; all 

 the species are very handsome, but none are 

 more so than the beautiful annual (P. Drum- 

 mondi). The corolla of these plants is salver- 

 shaped, with an elongated tube, the limb twisted 

 in the bud, and wedge-shaped segments. The 

 stamens are inserted above the middle of the 

 tube, and the cells of the capsule are one- 

 seeded. Leptosiphon has the corolla funnel- 

 shaped, with a very long slender tube, and a 

 campanulate limb with oval lobes ; the corolla 

 is covered with a great number of fine glandular 

 hairs, and the limb is twisted in the bud. The 

 stamens, which have very short filaments, are 

 inserted in the throat of the corolla. The calyx 



