80 * POLEMONIACEiE. 



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2 F. speciosa, Dougl. Leaves in 4's and 6's: 2 glandg on each corolla-lobe, 



3. F. Parryi, Torr. Leaves in 2's or 3's: corolla white, glands lunate-obcordate. 



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



5. F. albicaulis, Dougl. Similar but minutely puberulent: glands linear-oblong. 



5. MENYANTHES, Tournefort. 



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



2. M. Christa-galli, Menz.' Leaves reniform: flowers cymose, crested. 



POLEMONIACEj;. 



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 arc inserted at equal 

 heights: corolla from salverform and funnelform to almost rotate 2 



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 2 



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, Nutt. Corolla tube a little exceeding the calyx lobes. 



3 P. Douglasii, Hook. Leaves with margins naked or ciliate at 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. speciosa, Pursh. Leaves lanceolate to linear: corolla tube and style shorts 



2. GILIA, Ruiz & Pavon. 

 * Leaves opposite, at least below, palmately parted into linear or filiform divisioTia {cTitire in 



8 and rarely in 10). 

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



Flowers scattered on filiform pedicels 1 to 8 



Flowers sessile, a few together or solitary 9, 10 



