Order 92.— POLEMONIACEiE. 567 



centre axial, borne on each surface of the free, false dissepiment, seed» 

 many. — Herbs with alternate, undivided lvs., and axillary or terminal 

 cymes of blue fls. 



1 H. corynibosa Macbride. Unarmed, sparingly hirsute above; lvs. sessile, 

 lance-ovate; branchlets corymbed, each bearing a terminal flower ; sep. lanceolate, 

 acute, hispid ; cor. thrico longer than the calyx; caps, roundish-ovoid, glabrou-. 



— If Ponds in pine barrens, Ga. and S. Gar. (Bachman). Sts. 1 to2f high. Lvs. 

 1' to 18" long, with downy veins and margins. Fls. showy, nearly boll-shaped, 

 1' broad, <; azure with yellowish veins and 5 white spots near the base," (Elliott.) 

 Ju. — Aug. 



2 H. quadrivalva "Walt. Spiny, more or less hispid ; lvs. lanceolate, petiolate, 

 very acute at both ends, entire ; cymes 4 to 6-flowered, axillary, upper sessile, 

 lower pedunculate ; sepals ovate, acuminate, a little shorter than the corolla. — If 

 In stagnant waters, S. Car., Ga. to La. St. 2f high. Spines straight, slender, 

 axillary, 3 to 5" long. Lvs. 2 to 3' long. Cor. azure blue, 5 to 6" broad. 

 Caps, as large as a pea, with numerous minute seeds. Jl. — Sept. 



3 H. ovata Nutt. "With ovate-acuminate lvs. and terminal clusters is found in "W. 

 La. and Ark., probably not native within our limits, llarely seen in gardens. 



Order XCII. POLEMONIACE^E. Phloxworts. 



Herbs with alternate or opposito loaves and 5-parted, regular, showy flowers. 

 Corolla monopetalous, the lobes convolute, rarely imbricate in aestivation. Sta- 

 mens 5, adherent to the corolla tube, and alternato with its lobes. Ovary 3-celled, 

 stigma ."-cleft ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, loculicidal Seeds few or many, albumin- 

 ous, attached to a permanent columella. (Illustr. in Fig. 301.) 



Genera 1 T, species 104, chiefly N. American. They arc valued and cultivated only as orna- 

 mental plants. 



TRIBES AXD GEXERA. 

 I. POLEMONITLE. Sepals united at base. Lobes of the corolla convolute in bud. (a) 



a Corolla salver-form. Filaments unequal. Leaves entire Phlox. 1 



a Corolla bell-form. Filaments equal. Leaves pinnate T'oi-emonitm. 2 



a Corolla funnel-form. Filaments equal. (Leaves pinnately dissected) Gilia. :» 



II. DIAPENSIEjE. Sepals distinct, oval, Lobes of corolla imbricated Diapensia. 4 



1. PHLOX, L. Phlox. Lyciinidia. (Gr. <pX6i;, a flower ; from 

 the color and profusion of the flowers.) Calyx prismatic, deeply 5-cleft ; 

 corolla salver-form, the tube more or less curved ; stamens very un- 

 equally inserted in the tube of the corolla above the middle ; capsule 

 3-celled, cells each 1-seedcd. — A highly ornamental, North American 

 genus. Lvs. mostly opposite, sessile, simple, entire. Fls. in terminal, 

 cymes, corymbed or panicled. (Fig. 301.) 



* Lobes of the corolla rounded and entire at the end. (1) 



1 Panicle of cymes oblong or pyramidal, many-flowered , Nos. 1, 2 



1 Panicle of cymes corymbed, level-topped, flowers fewer. (2) 



H Plants glabrous. Calyx teeth shorter than its tubes Nos. 3, 4 



2 Plants hairy. Calyx teeth attenuated, longer than the tube. (3) 



3 Leaves narrow, linear or nearly so Nos. 5, G 



3 Leaves broad, ovate or lanceolate, etc Nos. 7, 8, p., 9 



* Lobes of corolla notched or bifid at the end. — Leaves distant Nos. 8, ll) 



— Leaves imbricated No. 1 1 



1 P. paniculata L. Glabrous, erect ; lvs. oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 at each end, or the upper abrupt at base, rough-edged, flat ; corymbs paniculate, 

 subpyramidal, many-flowered ; cal. teeth setaceous-acuminate, nearly as long as the 

 tube ; pet. roundish-obovate, entire. — U This favorite is found native in woods 

 and river banks, W. States to Penn. and Car. St. 2 to 3f high, ending in a largo, 

 oblong-pyramidal panicle of innumerable pink-colored, scentless flowers. Lvs. 3 

 to 5' by U to 16", lower ones distinctly petioled. Cor. tube a little curved, 12 to 

 15" long. JL — Sept. \ 



