Pauox. XCVI POLEMONIACEZ. ; 439 
3. P. macunaTa. (P. pyramidalis. Sm. P. latifolia. Michz.) 
St. erect, subsimple, scabrous or nearly smooth ; lower lvs. lanceolate, the 
highest ovate, cordate at base, all subcoriaceous, roughish or smooth; panicle 
oblong or subpyramidal ; cal. teeth lanceolate, acute; pet. orbicular.—2 Moist 
fields, Penn. to Car. and Western States. Stem 2—3f high, mostly punctate, 
with purple spots. Lower branches of the panicle shorter than the leaves, or 
often elongated. Corolla tube more or less curved, smooth. Petals obtuse or 
retuse, purple, varying in gardens from white to crimson. fF ; 
B. suaveolens. (P. suaveolens. Att.) Fs. white, fragrant. + 
4. P. Caroxina. (P. revoluta. Aiken. P. nitida. Ph.) Carolina Lychnidea, 
Glabrous, erect or ascending; lvs. linear-lanceolate, attenuated to the apex, 
subcoriaceous, margins revolute, lower attenuated to the base, upper rounded 
at base; panicle corymbose, puberulent or smooth; cal. teeth short-acuminate ; 
cor. tube awned, segments obovate, entire.—2| A Very smooth species, fields and 
barrens, Ohio, Ia.! common; also Md. to Car. Stem slender, 1—2f high. 
Leaves 2—4’ long, mostly quite narrow (3—4”), thick and shining. Panicle 
few (15—25)-flowered. Corolla purple. May—Aug. 
8. ovata. Benth. (P. ovata. Linn.) Lws. ovate and lance-ovate.—Car. + 
5. P. GLABERRIMA. Ohio Lychnidea. 
Glabrous ; st. branching at base, the branches subsimple ; Jus. lance-linear 
or lance-oblong, rather obtuse, thin, sessile, flat, upper ones lance-ovate, often 
rounded at base; panicle corymbose, few-flowered, glabrous; cal. teeth lanceo- 
late, subacuminate, half as long as the corolla tube; pet. obovate, entire —2, 
Pine barrens, Ohio! Very distinct from the former by its shorter, obtuse, never 
acuminate orrevolute leaves and itsmuch largercalyx. Stem 2f high. Leaves 
13—2)’ by 3—5”. Flowers purple. June, July. ‘ 
6. P. reprans. Michx. Creeping Lychnidea. 
Stolons creeping ; sts. low, assurgent ; /vs. ovate, obovate or oblong; cor. few- 
flowered ; cai. puberulent, segments linear-subulate ; pet. obovate, entire —2, 
Hill-sides and mountains, la. Plummer! to S. Car. Flowering-stems 6/ high, 
with small (4—9” by 2—4’’) and remote leaves. Stolons with leaves2—3 times 
larger, somewhat crowded at the end. Flowers 3—8. Corolla bluish-purple, 
tube scarcely twice longer than the calyx. June. 
7. P. prvaricata. Early-flowering Lychnidea. : 
Low, diffuse, pubescent; lvs. lanceolate, ovate or oblong; panicle corym- 
bose, loose; cal. roughish-puberulent, segments linear-subulate ; cor. segments 
emarginate-bifid—2| Can., N. Y.! to Va. Stems loosely branched, a foot or 
more long, flaccid. Leaves 1—2’ long, acute, the lower tapering to the base, 
the upper broad and clasping at base, the floral linear-setaceous. Pedicels di- 
verging, longer than the calyx which is half as long as thecorolla tube. Corol- 
la of a peculiar light but brilliant grayish-blue. May. 
B? Laphami. Lvs. ovate; pet. obtuse, entire—_Wis. Lapham! Western Re- 
serve. Cowles!—Intermediate between P. diyaricata and P. glaberrima, and 
may prove distinct from both. 
P. pitosa. (P. aristata. Michx. Benth.) 
Pilose-puberulent, erect or decumbent at base; Jvs. lance-linear, margin 
subrevolute, subamplexicaul; panicle corymbose; cal. hirsute, segments seta- 
ceous-acuminate; pet. obovate, entire—2| Penn. to Ohio, Clark! Wis. Lap- 
ham! and Southern States, Stem 12— 18’ high, rigid. Leaves 14 -3’ by 24”, 
attenuated to the apex. Corolla pale red or bluish-white, the tube a third 
longer than the long, slender, awn-like teeth of the calyx. May, June. 
8 Lvs. shorter, broadest at base, sessile; fis. smaller.—Indiana! 
9. P. Biripa. Beck. Beck’s Lychnidea. 
Low, assurgent, diffusely branched, puberulent; 7Zvs. amplexicaul, subre- 
volute on the margin, acutish, lower lance-ovate, upper lance-linear ; corymbs 
very loose, 2—5-flowered; cal. segments linear, acute; cor. tube curved, seg- 
ments deeply bifid—A very distinct species, and very rare, in Mo. Beck, Cass 
Co., Ill, Mead! Stem brownish-purple, slender, 6/ high. Leaves 12—15’ by 
1—2”, lower much shorter. Pedicels 1/ long. Tube of corolla much curved, 
segments cleft nearly half way down, purple. Apr. 
