rOLK^IOXIACR.'E. (POLEMOXIUM FAMILY.) 339 



northward April and May. — Stem 1° high. Leaves I'-lV long. Corolla 

 6" -9" lon.Lr, p.ilo bluish-purple. 



7. P. WaltSl'i. Softly pubescent or villous ; stem low, ascending, simple; 

 leaves lincar-lantcolate, ratlicr acute, sessile, erect; the lower ones approximate, 

 the upper distant and often alternate; cymes terminal, compact, kafy-bracted ; 

 corolla-tube lon-cr than thoobovate lobes, and twice as long as the strai^^'lit barely 

 awned ciliatc calyx-teeth. (P. pilosa, var. Waited, (Jraij. V. pi'.osa. With , El'. 

 P. glutinosa, B'lcU. ?) Dry gravelly hills and [jinc barrens, Florida, and north- 

 ward. April and May. — Stem 6' -12' high. Leaves 1' 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 litiear-lanccolate, spreading, distant, aciuc, tlio uppermost 

 rounded at the base ; cymes corymbose, loosc-flowercd ; calyx-teeth § as long as 

 the tube of the corolla, prolonged into long and spreading bristlc-iikc points, 

 hairy (P. avistata, Mic/ix.) — Dry woods, Florida, and iiortlnvard. April and 

 May. — Stem rather slender, 1° - 1|° high. Leaves 2' - 4' long. Corolla-^' long, 

 purple. 



9. P. Floridana, Bcnth. Stem erect, simple, closely pubescent; leaves 

 uniform, linear-lanceolate, acute, spreading or recurved, the upjjcr ones often al- 

 ternate ; cymes crowded or corymbose ; calyx-teeth sjireading, pomcwliat bristle- 

 pointed, gland ularpul)escent, J - A as long as the tube of tlio large corolla. — 

 Dry open woods, Miildle Florida. May. — Stem \^°-2° high. Leaves 2' - 3' 

 long. Corolla I' broad, pale purple, the lobes round-obovat'j stud entire. 



§ 2. Stems shriihhij, tufted, creeping: leaves subulate, rigid, liajj in the axils: style 



short. 



10. P. SUbulata, L. Pubescent; flowering stems erect; leaves very nu- 

 merous, the uijpcr ones linear and mostly alternate ; caly.x-tcetli subulate, erect, 

 6])iny-pointcd : lobes of the corolla notched or entire. (P. setacca, L. P. Hent- 

 zii, Nutt.) — Sandy pine barrens, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 

 and May. — Stems 4'- 12' long. Leaves 4" -6" long. Corolla ^'-l' broad, 

 purple or white. 



P. DKCMiiioxnii, Hook., is an annual species, common in gardens. 



2. GILIA, Ruiz, and Pavon. 



Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, .5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, .'j-lobed. Sta- 

 mens insertc<l 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. 



1. G. COronopifolia, Pers. Stem tall, simjile, pubescent or hairy, veiy 

 leafy; leaves pliniaiely divided into many filiform very acute segments; flowers 

 scarlet, crowded in a long compound raceme or narrow panicle ; corolla tubidar- 

 funncl-shaped, with the oval-oblong obtuse lobes about 5 as long as the tube ; 

 Etamens exscrted. (Cantua Floridana, Nutt?) — Dry sandv soil, Florida to 

 South Carolina, and westward. July. (^ — Stem 2° -4° high. Corolla I' 

 long, yellow and spotted with red within. 



