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many-flowered ; segments of the corol rounded ; teeth of the calyx 

 acute, recurved. 



b. suavcolens Nutt. : stem without spots ; corol white. P. suaveo- 



lens AiL P. maculata var. Candida Mich. 



HAB. Moist meadows. N. J. to Car. June. 2J.. Stem 2 3 

 feet high, simple. Corymbs few-flowered. Corol pale purple. 

 Var. b. according to Mr. Nuttall is only a white flowered varie- 

 ty, raised from seed. 



4. P. aristata Mich. : stem erect, weak, viscid-pubescent ; leaves 

 linear or linear-lanceolate ; panicle lax, fastigiate ; segments of the 

 corol obovate ; tube curved, pubescent ; teeth of the calyx very long, 

 subulate. 



HAB. Wet wopds. N. J. to Car. W.'to Miss. June. If. 

 Stem 18 inches high, simple. Leaves sometimes nearly linear, 

 with the margins revolute. Teeth of the calyx awned. Corol 

 pale purple or white. P.pilosa is not distinct from this species. 



5. P. divaricata Linn. : stem low, pubescent, decumbent ; leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, the upper ones alternate ; branches divaricate, loose, 

 few-flowered; segments of the corol slightly obcordate ; teeth of the 

 calyx linear, subulate. 



HAB. N. Y. and Penn. June. Lf- Stems numerous, 9 12 

 inches high. Flmcers in a terminal panicle, blue. Dr. Gray in- 

 forms me that this species is very abundant near Utica, N. Y. 



6. P. reptans Mich. : pubescent, with creeping suckers ; radical leaves 

 spatulate-obovate ; stem leaves oval-lanceolate ; corymb few-flowered, 

 .divaricate ; segments of the corol obovate ; teeth of the calyx subu- 

 late, reflexed. P. stolonifera Pursh* 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Car. June. "U- Stem 68 inches 

 high. Flowers in a small corymb, blue, with a purple centre. 



7. P. subulata Linn. : procumbent, cespitose, pubescent ; leaves 

 linear-subulate, rigid, ciliate ; corymb few-flowered ; segments of the 

 corol wedgeform, emarginate ; calyx with subulate teeth shorter than 

 the tube of the corol. 



HAB. Rocky hills. N. J. to Car. April, May. 2[.Stem 34 

 inches high. Flowers pink, with a purple centre. Very abun- 

 dant near New-Brunswick, N. J. Mountain Pink. 



8. P. setacea Linn. : procumbent, cespitose, hairy ; leaves fascicu- 

 late, subulate, ciliate, rigid]; pedicels few-flowered, terminal, somewhat 

 umbelled ; segments of the corol wedgeform, emarginate ; teeth of the 

 calyx subulate, much shorter than the tube of the corol. 



HAB. Penn. to Car. May. 11. Floicers large, reddish, with a 

 purple star in the centre. Resembles the preceding, but the 

 leaves are longer and more hairy. 



2. POLEMONIUM. Linn. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Corol rotate; limb 5-lobed, 

 erect. Stamens 5 ; filaments broader at the base, inserted 



