POLEMONIACEJE. (POLEMONIUM FAMILY.) 345 
at the base, ascending; leaves oblong-lanceolate or the upper ovate-lan¬ 
ceolate i, acute , the lower with a slender tapering base, the upper ses¬ 
sile by a rounded or rarely heart-shaped base ; flowers rather few in 
a short corymbed panicle ; calyx-teeth lanceolate , short-pointed. — 
Copses, W. Penn, to Michigan, but more common along the moun¬ 
tains southward. June, July. — Stem l°-2° high from a decumbent 
or creeping base. Leaves rather fleshy, the upper much as in No. 2, 
often 1' or more wide. Flowers large, pink-purple. 
4. P. gl after rima, L. Very smooth throughout; stems up¬ 
right , slender ; leaves linear-lanceolate , or the upper more broadly lan¬ 
ceolate from a roundish base, tapering gradually to the apex, all closely 
sessile; panicle corymbed, mostly compound and many-flowered; 
calyx-teeth triangular-awl-shaped , short-pointed. (P. revoliita, Aiken. 
P. cornea, Sims.) — Prairies and barrens, from Wisconsin and Ohio 
southward. July. — Stem 2°-3° high, much more leafy and strict 
than the last, the leaves more slender (often 4' long and wide) and 
rigid, with slightly revolute margins when dry. Corolla pink or rose- 
purple, showy. 
5. P. pildsa, L. Downy-haired throughout; stems slender, 
rather upright; leaves lanceolate-linear , or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, the uppermost broadest at the base; flowers loosely corymbed; 
calyx-teeth hairy , slender awl-shaped , tapering to awn-like points. (P. 
aristata, Darlingt.) —Copses and prairies, New Jersey to Wisconsin 
and southward. May, June. — Stems weak, 1(V-20'high, the hair¬ 
iness rather clammy at the apex; the leaves usually quite narrow. 
Corolla rose-purple or pale. 
6. P. re plans, Michx. Hairy; runners creeping and bearing 
roundish-obovate leaves (rather fleshy) tapering into short margined 
petioles; flowering stems low (4 , -10 / high) ascending, clammy-pu¬ 
bescent, with small oval or oblong obtuse leaves ; cyme simple , 3-8- 
jlowered; calyx-teeth linear-awl-shaped. — Damp woods, Penn, and 
southward. May. — Flowers large, reddish-purple. 
— Lobes of the corolla notched at the end. 
7. P. divaricata, L. Minutely downy, loosely branched 
from the base, the flowering stems ascending (9'-15 ; high) ; leaves 
oblong or oval-lanceolate , remote ; cyme corymbose-panicled, loosely 
flowered ; calyx-teeth linear-awl-shaped ; corolla pale lilac or bluish- 
purple , the lobes inversely heart-shaped. — Rocky damp woods, N. 
New York to Penn, and Wisconsin. May. 
8. P. suftulata, L. (Ground or Moss Pink.) Minutely 
downy, depressed, tufted ; leaves awl-shaped or narrowly linear, small, 
rather rigid, crowded , and with numerous smaller ones clustered in 
the axils; cymes 3-5-flowered; calyx-teeth awl-shaped; corolla 
pink-purple or rose-color ( rarely white), the lobes wedge-shaped. (P. 
