POLE3iONIACEJE. (I'OLEMONIUM FAMILY.) 3o0 



northward April and May. — Stem 1° high. Leaves l'-lj' long. Corolla 

 6" -9" long, pale bluish-purple. 



7. P. Waltcri. ^Softly pubescent or villous; stem low, ascending, simpK- ; 

 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 theobovate lobes, and twice as long as the Btraight barely 

 awned ciliate calyx-teeth. (P. pilosa, var. Waltcri, Gray. P. pilosa, Walt , Ell. 

 P. glutinosa, DucU. 1) Dry gravelly hills and pine barrens, Florida, and north- 

 ward. April and May. — Stem 6' -12' high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla bright 

 puqile, 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, Miclix.) — Dry woods, Florida, and northward. April and 

 May. — Stem rather slender, l°-l£° 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, J-^as long as the tube of the large corolla. — 

 Dry open woods, Middle Florida. May. — Stem lJ°-2° 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, L. P. Heut- 

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

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

 purple or white. 



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



2. GIIjIA, Ruiz and Pavon. 



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

 mens inserted equally near the mc%th 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, simple, pubescent or hairy, very 

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

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

 funnel-shaped, with the oval-oblong obtuse lobes about J as long as the tube ; 

 stamens exserted. (Cantua Floridana, Nutt.?) — Dry sandy soil, Florida to 

 South Carolina, and westward. July. (2, — Stem 2° -4° high. Corolla 1' 

 long, yellow and spotted with red within. 



