344 POLEMONIACEJE. (POLEMONIUM FAMILY.) 
1. P. reptans, L. (Jacob’s Ladder.) Smooth, diffusely 
branched; leaflets 7-11, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acute, entire; 
corymbs few-flowered; flowers (blue) nodding; calyx-lobes acute; 
pods about 3-seeded. 1|.—Shady river-banks, Penn, and W. New 
York to Wisconsin. May. —The name is inappropriate, as the plant 
is not creeping. Smaller and much fewer-flowered than the I. cs.- 
rTjleum, which is common in gardens. 
2. PHLOX, L. Phlox. 
Calyx somewhat prismatic. Corolla salver-form, the tube slen¬ 
der. Stamens very unequally inserted in the tube of the corolla, 
included. Pod ovoid, with a single seed in each cell.—Chiefly 
perennials, with opposite and sessile perfectly entire leaves, the 
floral often alternate. Flowers cymose, mostly bracted ; the open 
clusters terminal or crowded in the upper axils : corolla purple or 
pink, often varying to white. (<l>Ad£, flame, an ancient name ot 
Lychnis, transferred to this North American genus.) 
* Stem upright: panicle pyramidal or oblong, many-flowered: pedun¬ 
cles and pedicels very short: lobes of the corolla entire. 
1. P. pauicillata, L. Tall and stout, smooth; leaves ob¬ 
long-lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, pointed, large, tapering at t e 
base, the upper often heart-shaped at the base ; panicle ample, pyram 
idal-corymbed ; calyx-teeth aion-pointed. (P. undulata, Ait., &c.) 
Yar. acuminata (P. acuminata, Pursh ) has the broader and taper 
pointed leaves beneath downy, like the stem, which is also sometime 8 
rough-hairy and occasionally spotted below. — Rich woods, onl 
Penn, westward and southward. June, July. — Common in gardens. 
Flowers pink-purple, varying to white. 
2. P. mac Ul at a, L. Smooth or barely roughish; stem rath¬ 
er tall and slender, simple, spotted with purple ; lower leaves lance 
late, the upper nearly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the apex from tie 
broad and rounded or somewhat heart-shaped base ; panicle elongnj 
thyrsiform or oblong , leafy below; calyx-teeth triangular-lanceol e, 
short, scarcely pointed; corolla purple, sometimes white, when it * s 
P. suaveolens, Ait. Lower branches of the panicle rarely elongaf®^ 
so as to become pyramidal, when it is P. pyramid&lis, Smith, -j- 1C 
woods and river-banks, common from N. Penn, southward an " e:s 
ward; very common in gardens. June. 
* * Stems ascending (rarely upright ), spreading, or creeping 
fewer, in terminal corymbose cymes: peduncles or pedicels oj 
slender. 
Lobes of the corolla rounded , entire: leaves not crowded. 
3. p. Carolina, L. Smooth ; stem rather slender, branc e 
