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Folemoninm — ronfiniied. 

 species of ornamental, tall or dwarf, hardy, perennial or 

 rarely annual herbs, natives of Euroiie, temjierate Asia, 

 North America. Mexico, and Chili. Flowers bine, violet, 

 or white, generally showy; calyx campanulate, five-fid; 

 corolla shortly funnel-shaped, broadly campanulate, or 

 sub-rotate, with obovate lobes ; cymes terminal, loosely 

 corymbose or sub-capitate. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect. 

 Rhizomes usually creeping, thick or slender. The best- 

 known species are described below. They are all 

 perennials, and are of easy cultivation in any good garden 

 soil, but flourish best in a deep, rich, and well-drained 

 loam. Propagated very readily by division. 



Fig. 213. Flowering Stem of Polemoxivm c.eri'lei'm. 



P, caeruleum (blue).* charity; Greek Valerian ; .Tacob's Ladder. 

 Jt. nornially blue, erect, corymbose, witli roundish-oval, obtuse 

 petals. Early summer. /. pinnate ; leaflet.s ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glal^rous. Stem fjlabrous, angular and fistular. 

 h. 2ft. Northern hemisphere (Britain). An elegant border 

 perennial, of which there are numerous varieties, varying chiefly 

 in the colour of the flowers. See Fi^. 213. (Sj;. En. B. 922.) 

 A handsome form is that having variegated foliage and white 

 flower.s. 



P. c. dissectum (dissected). I. bipinnate ; leaflets petiolate, pin- 

 natitirt ; segments linear. (S. B. F. G. 182, under name of 

 P. fiibirictn/).) 



P. confertum (clustered).* fl. rich blue, funnel-shaped, about iin. 

 across, clustered on the ends of the stalks. Summer. I. linear, 

 pinnate ; pinna? very numerous and overlapping, varying from 

 roundish-ovate to liiiear-oblong. h. 6in. Rocky Mountains, &c., 

 1885. .See Fig. 214. (G. C. n. s., xxiv. 3.) 



P. bumile (dwarf).* Jl. blue or purplish, in drooping, sub- 

 corymbose panicles ; segments of corolla ovate, acutish. July. 



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Folemoninia — continued. 



l, leaflets ovate, obtuse, mostly radical, and with a faint smell 

 of musk. Stems many, leafy, downy, h. bin. Kocky Mountains, 

 1827. SvNs. /'. liiclianlsoHii (B. M. 2800) and P. villomm 

 (S. B. F. G. 266). 

 P, h. pulchellum (pretty). /. smaller than in the type ; corolla 

 lobes violet or lavender-blue, in some forms nearly white, only 

 two to three lines long. (., leaflets often nearly gl.abrous and 

 naked, syn. P. pulchm-imum (B. M. 2979). 



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Fig. 211. Polemonium confektum, showing Habit and 

 detached Flower. 



P. mexicanum (Mexican), fl. blue, few, corymbose ; corolla 

 sub-rotate-campanulate. April. L pinnate, downy ; segments 

 ovate or oblong. Stem loosely branched, h. Sin. North 

 America, 1827. Plant viscous-pubescent. (B. R. 460.) 



P. pulcherrlmum (very pretty). A synonym of P. humile 

 pulchellum. 



Fig. 215. 



POLEMO.MUM REPTANS, showing Habit and Portion of 

 detached Inflorescence. 



P, reptans (creeping).* fl. blue, sometimes white, drooping, dis- 

 posed in a loose, panicled corymb ; segments of corolla cuneate. 

 April. I. pinnate ; leaflets seven to eleven, ovate, acute, 

 glabrous. Stems leafy, glabrous. Root creeping, h. 6in. North 

 America, 1758. See Fig. 215. (B. M. 1887.) 

 P. Rlchardsonli (Richardson's). A synonym of P. humile, 

 p, villosum (villous). A synonym of P. humile. 

 FOIiIA. A synonym of CypeUn. 



FOLIANTHES (name given by Linnseus, probably 

 from polios, white, and anthos, a flower ; alluding to the 

 colour of the blossoms). Erroneously spelt Polyanthus. 



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