186 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
Calyx-teeth long, bristle-pointed. Corolla purple to white, lobes 
round-obovate, shorter than the tube. Capsule longer than the 
calyx-tube. In rich woods; often cultivated.* 
2. P. maculata, L. Witp Sweet WILLIAM. Stem erect, smooth 
or nearly so, rather slender, purple-spotted, 1-2 ft. high. Lower 
leaves lanceolate, the upper ones broader, taper-pointed, roundish 
or heart-shaped at the base. Panicle many-flowered, narrow, ellip- 
soidal. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, hardly acute. Flowers purple, occa- 
sionally white. Damp woods and fields. 
3. P. pilosa, L. Downy Puiox. Perennial; stem erect, slen- 
der, simple or branched, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves linear-lanceolate to 
linear, distant, spreading, long, taper-pointed, sessile; stem and 
leaves downy. Cymes corymbose, loose. Flowers short-pediceled. 
Calyx glandular-viscid, the teeth shorter than the tube of the purple 
corolla, bristle-pointed. Corolla-tube downy, lobes obovate. Capsule 
twice the length of the calyx-tube. In dry, open woods.* 
4. P. divaricata, L. Witp Biur Putiox. Perennial; stems 
erect or ascending from a decumbent base, sticky-downy, 1 ft. high. 
Leaves distant, lanceolate to oblong, acute at the apex, rounded at 
the base, sessile, downy. Cymes corymbed, loosely flowered. Calyx- 
teeth awl-shaped, longer than the tube. Corolla bluish-purple, 4-3 
in. long, lobes notched at the apex, as long as the tube. Capsule - 
oval, shorter than the calyx-teeth. In moist, open woods.* 
5. P. Drummondii, Hook. DruMMoND’s PHLox. Annual; stem 
erect or ascending, slender, weak, branching, glandular-downy, 6-12 
in. high. Leaves mostly alternate, lanceolate to oblong, downy, the 
upper clasping by a heart-shaped base. Corymbs loose. Flowers 
rather long-pediceled. Calyx-tube short, the teeth lanceolate, bristle- 
pointed, soon recurved. Corolla purple to crimson or white, orifice 
of the tube usually with a white or yellowish star-like ring, lobes 
rounded at the apex. Ovary 3-seeded, angles of the seeds winged. 
Introduced from Texas and common everywhere in gardens.* 
6. P. subulata, L. Grounp Pink, Moss Pink, FLowERING Moss. 
Stems perennial, prostrate, 8-18 in. long, with many short, somewhat 
upright branches, 2-4 in. high. Leaves linear-awl-shaped, stiff, 
about 1 in. long, crowded, with clusters of smaller ones in their 
axils. Flower-clusters 3-—6-flowered. Corolla pink-purple, with a 
darker center, or sometimes white. Forms dense mats on rocky or 
sandy hillsides. S. and W. and often cultivated. 
Il. POLEMONIUM, L. 
Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnate. Flowers cor- 
ymbed. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Corolla wheel-shaped, 
the limb with 5 obovate lobes. Stamens borne on the throat of 
