BOTANY OF LA SALLE COUNTY. 105 



Order. 70. POLEMONIA CEAE. Phloxes. 

 PHLOX. P. Leaves opposite, sessile, entire. 



P. panicula ta. Smooth, stout, 2 to 4 ft.; leaves 

 long-lanceolate acute, upper often cordate; flow- 

 ers in a large, pyramidal panicle, P. to W. 

 Open woods. 



P. maculata. Wild Sweet-William. Spotted with 

 P., slender, 1 to 2 ft.; flowers P. panicle narrow. 

 Woods and along- streams. 



P. glaberrima. Slender, 1 to 3 ft., leaves narrow, 

 long, acute, smooth except margins; flowers in 

 a loose corymb. 



P. pilosa. Slender, 1 to \% ft., hairy; flowers 

 Pi., P., Rs. R or W. Corolla lobes obovate, 

 entire. Woods. 



Jh. P. anoena. P. procumbens 5th Ed. Leaves 

 broad or narrow-lanceolate, short pointed, 

 acute, on young shoots often ovate; 1 to \% ft. 



P. reptans. Has runners with thick, broad- 

 obovate, smooth leaves. 



P. divarica ta. Spreading from a decumbent base, 

 corolla pale lilac or bluish; lobes obcordate, 

 notched at end. Woods. 



P. bifida. A little woolly, branched; leaves linear, 

 whitish; corolla. P. W., lobes 2 cleft. Sandy 

 places. S. Ottawa W. of old slaughterhouse. 

 Also near bluff S. E. U. S. Silica Co.'s works. 



P. subulata. Moss Pink. Reclining; leaves linear; 

 flowers Pi. P., or Rs. with a darker center or 

 W.; lobes notched. Dry rocky hills. 

 POLEMONIUM. Greek Valerian. Corolla, bell- 

 shaped. B. or W. 



P. reptans. Smooth, spreading, leaves alternate, 

 pinnate of 5 to 15 oblong leaflets; flowers in 

 corymbs; 10 to 15 in. Never creeps. 



