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2. P. pilosa L. l°-2° high, hairy to nearly glabrous : leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, spreading : corolla lobes entire, reddish.— Prairies 

 and barrens throughout the southern part, especially along the railroad 

 near Lee's Summit. April-May. 



3. P. divaricata L. l°-2° high, finely pubescent : leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acute : corolla bluish, its lobes obcordate to entire.— Common 

 throughout in damp woods. April-May. 



2. POLEMONIUM L. 



Perennial herbs with blue cymose-paniculate flowers. Corolla bell- 

 shaped. 



1. P. reptans L. Jacob's Ladder. 6'-20^ high, nearly glabrous: 

 leaflets 5-15, oblong-lanceolate, entire : flowers 6'^ broad : stamens in- 

 cluded.— In rich woods near Westport (very rare), and along Sni-a-bar 

 Creek (abundant). April-May. 



Family 105. HYDROPHYLLACEAE Lindl. 

 Generally hairy herbs with perfect, regular, cymose or racemose flowers. 

 Parts of calyx and corolla five each. Stamens five, alternate with the 

 corolla lobes. Ovary superior, 1-celled, with two parietal placentae. 

 Styles two, united below (in ours). Fruit a 2-valved capsule. 

 Stamens exserted. 1- Hydrophylluji. 



Stamens included. 2. Macrocalyx. 



1. HYDROPHYLLUM L. Watf.r Leaf. 

 Corolla white or pale blue, bell-shaped, its lobes convolute in the bud, 

 with five linear appendages within. Ovary hairy. Seeds 1-4. Flowers 

 cymose. 



Stems nearly glabrous ; corolla lobes not appen- 



daged. 1- ^- Virginicum. 



Stems hirsute ; corolla lobes appendaged. 2. H. appendkulaium. 



1. H. Virginicum L. Perennial, 8^-20^ high : leaves pinnately divided 

 into 5-7 oblong, acute and cut-toothed lobes : flowers Z'^-V^ long.— In 

 woods throughout. Rather common. May -June. 



2. H. appendiculatum Michx. Biennial, 12^-30' high : lower leaves 



pinnately divided into 5-7 ovate and ciit toothed lobes : upper leaves 



ovate, variously lobed: flowers Q'^-1" long.— Common in rich woods. 



May-June. 



2. MACROCALYX Trew. 



Annual herbs. Calyx 5-lobed, greatly enlarged in fruit. Corolla 

 whitish, about the length of the calyx, with five small appendages within. 

 Lower leaves opposite, upper alternate. 



1. M. Nyctelea (L. ) Kuntze. Stems pubescent, weak, at length 

 widely spreading : leaves ovate-oblong, divided into 7-13 oblong spar- 

 ingly toothed lobes : peduncles 1-flowered, opposite the leaves : corolla 

 about 2'^ long. — Very abundant in moist places. April-June. 



