440 XCVI. POLEMONIACE. POLEMONIUM. 
10. P. Drummonpi. Druwmmond’s Laychnidea. 
Erect, dichotomously branched, glandular-pilose; lws. oblong or lance- 
olate, scabrous; corymb dense-flowered; cal. hairy, segments lanceolate, seta- 
ceous, elongated, revolute; cor. tube pilose, segments obovate, entire—One of 
the handsomest species of the genus, common in cultivation. Whole plant 
glandular-scabrous, 8—12’ high. Flowers very showy, all shades from white 
to dark purple. + 
11. P. supuLAta (and P. setacea. Linn.) Moss Pink. 
Procumbent, cespitose, much branched, pubescent; lvs. rigid, subulate 
or linear-subulate, ciliate, fascicled in the axils; cal. teeth linear-subulate, very 
acute; cor. lobes cuneate, emarginate——Rocky hills and mountains, Penn. to 
Ga. and Iy., abundant in its localities, in dense, turfy masses, sprangled over 
in May with rose-colored flowers. Flowering branches, 2—4/ long, numerous 
and fascicled. Corymb 3—6-flowered. Corolla white or pink, deeper purple 
in the centre. May. f 
2. GILIA. Ruiz & Pavon. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments acute; cor. tube long or short, limb regu- 
larly 5-lobed ; sta. 5, equally inserted at top of the tube; disk cup- 
form; caps. oblong or ovoid, few or many-seeded.—Herbs with 
alternate, pinnatifid lvs. F'ls. paniculate, capitate or scattered, generally 
bractless. 
§ 1. Corolla subrevolute, tube included in the calyx. 
1. G. TRicdLor. Benth. Tvi-colored Gilia.—St. erect, nearly smooth; ls. 
twice or thrice pinnatifid, with narrow, linear segments; cymes paniculate, 
3—6-flowered; cor. tricolored, 2 or 3 times longer than the calyx, tube very 
short.—@ An elegant little garden plant, from California, 1f high. Flowers 
numerous, limb pale lilac-blue, throat purple and tube yellow. f 
§ 2. Ipomopsis. Corolla infundibuliform, tube much exserted. 
2. G. (IPOMOPSIS) CORONOPIFOLIA. Pers. 
Erect, tall; st. strict, hairy; dvs. crowded,.pinnatifid with subulate divi- 
sions; thyrse elongated, with very short branches; cor. elongated, segments 
oval-oblong, erect-spreading ; sta. exserted.—_@) Southern States! A splendid 
herb, 2—4f high, bearing at top a long (1f) thyrse of scarlet-red flowers. Co- 
rollas 1}/ long. ¢ 
3. POLEMONIUM. 
Gr. moXepuos, war; Pliny relates that two kings fought for the merit of its discovery. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft; corolla rotate-campanulate, limb 
5-lobed, erect, tube short, closed at the base by 5 stameniferous 
valves; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, cells many-seeded.—Herbs with 
alternate, pinnately-divided lvs. F'ls. terminal. ) 
1. P. zeEpTans. American Greek- Valerian. 
St. smooth, branching, erect; dvs. pinnately 7—11-foliate, leaflets oval- 
lanceolate, acute; fis. terminal, nodding; cells of caps. 2—3-seeded—2 A 
handsome plant of woods and damp grounds in N. Y. to Ill.! and sometimes 
cultivated. Stem 12—18’ high, weak, fleshy. Leaflets mostly 7, subopposite, 
smooth, entire, sessile, an inch long and half as wide. Flowers numerous, 
rather large, on short petioles. Segments of the calyx lanceolate-acute, per- 
sistent, much shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla blue, lobes short, 
rounded at the ends. Anthers introrse. Root creeping. 
2. P. ca@ruLeum. Greek Valerian.—St. smooth, simple, erect; lws. pinnately 
11—17-foliate, segments acuminate; fls. erect; cal. equaling the tube of the 
corolla; cells of caps. 6—10-seeded.—@) A handsome, cultivated plant, native 
in England. Stems clustered, several from the same root, about 2f high, hol- 
low, stout, each dividing at top into a corymbose panicle. Leaves mostly radi- 
cal, on long, grooved petioles; leaflets all sessile, ovate-lanceolate, subopposite, 
oblique, odd one lanceolate. F'ls. terminal, suberect. Cor. blue, about }’ diam. 
