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rBNTANDRU MONOGYNIA 



PHLOX. Gen. pl. 384. 



Corolla 



hypocrateri- 



forinis. Filamenta inae- 

 qualia. Stigma trifidurii. 



form, 

 qual. 



4 



Corolla hypocrafen. 



Filaments un». 



Stigma 3 cleft. 



Calyx prismaticus. Cap- \ Calyx prismatic. 



Cap. 



sula 3-locularis, l-sper- sule 3 celled, l seeded. 



nia. 



1. Acuminata. Pursli 



P. 



foliis inferioribus 



spathulato-ovatis, acumi- 



late 



Lower leaves spathu- 

 ovate, aciiininiitp-, 



natis, scabriusculis, supe- slightly scabrous, upper 



i 



co- 

 E. 



lanceolate j corymbs ter- 

 mill al. 



/ 



rioribus lanceolatis 

 rymbis terminalibus. 



Purshj 2, p. rso. 



^ Stem smooth, erect, a little roughened near the summit, S— 5 feet 

 high. Leaves thin, membranous, scabrous on both surfaces, 2—4 

 inches long, 1 — 2i wide. Corymbs few ffowered. Calyx smaller than 

 usual in this genus; the segments subulatie, terminating in an a«n: 

 Segments of the corolla rounded, purple. 



Described bj Pursh from specimens collected among the mountains 

 of Carolina and Georgia, by Mr. Ljon. Found also in the mountains 

 of Carolina by Dr. Macbride. 



I have another specimen whicli appears te be referable io thi* spe- 

 cies, with smaller leaves, very scabrous, and on the under surfac' 

 nearly hispid, found by Dr. Macbride in the upper districts of C^-tr 



lina. 



Flowers August 



September. 



^ 



P 



Pakic 

 foliis 



lanceolatis 



planis, 

 caiile 



margine scabi 



? 



th 



Isevi • 



vmbis stem sm 



panic ulatis ; corollse la- paniculate 



Leaves lanceolate, flat, 



scabrous ; 



corymbs 

 ments of 



marg 



g 



otundatis 



caly 



the corolla rounded 

 lyx awned. 



bus aristatis. Sp. pl. l. 

 p. 839. 



Pursh, 1. pi 148. 

 Moot perennial. Stem erect, 2 feet high. Leaves "^Pn^'^^'^'^^^^ 



per general]/ evat© lanceolate, acumina(c, CoTfa*^ ^VV 



