POLEMONIACEAE 219 



1. P. reptaiis, L. Smooth, and succulent; branched and 



leaning; leaflets 6 to 11, lance-ovate, acute; corymbs few-flowered, 



nodding. 



CBAWLINO POLEMONIUM. Jacob's Ladder. Greek Valerian. 



Perennial. Stem 12 to 18 inches long. Leaflets usually 7 or 9, about an inch 

 long, mostly opposite, the terminal one lance-obovate; common petiole half an 

 Inch to 2 inches in length below the leaflets, slightly -winged, pubescenteiliate. 

 Corolla blue, about 3 times as long as the calyx, the lobes short, obovate, rounded. 

 Capsule on a short stipe, in the enlarged, persistent, veined, green, and somewhat 

 membranous calyx. 

 Hob. Moist, low grounds : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. June. 



Obs. Our plant so much resembles the European species (P. 

 caeritieum, .), that it has received the same common names. 



319. PHL.OX, L. 



[Gr. Phlox, a flame of fire ; from the color of the numerous flowers.] 

 Calyx 5-ribbed, somewhat prismatic. Corolla salver-form; tube 

 slender, more or less curved; lobes cuneate-obovate. Stamens 

 included, unequally inserted on the corolla-tube. Capsule ovoid; 

 cells 1-seeded. Mostly perennials : leaves generally opposite, sessile, 

 entire; flowers usually purple, or pink, more or less corymbose- 

 paniculate. 



f Flowers in a thyrsoid or oblong corymbose panicle. 



1. P. maculata, L. Stem roughish, spotted with dark purple; 

 upper leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; lower ones linear- 

 lanceolate. 



SPOTTED PHLOX. Wild Sweet- William. 



Stem about 2 feet high, mostly simple. Leaves 1 to 4 or 5 inches long, usually 

 opposite, rarely ternate. Bracts subulate-linear, near an inch long. Corotta bright 

 purple, rarely white; the tube near an inch long. 

 Sab. Low grounds; margins of rivulets: frequent. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



f f Flowers in terminal corymbs. * Corolla-lobes entire. 



2. P. pilosa, L. Slender, villous, and slightly viscid; leaves 

 lance-linear, acute; calyx-teeth slender, subulate, with awn-like 

 points. 



P. aristata. Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 123. not of MX. 

 HAIRY PHLOX. 



Stem 12 to 18 inches high, sometimes branched. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, the 

 Tipper ones occasionally somewhat ovate-lanceolate. Bracts subulate, or lanceo- 

 late, about half an inch in length. Corolla pale red, the tube % of an inch long, 

 nearly straight. 

 Hob. Borders of woods, and thickets : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



3. P. reptan 9 MX. Stem erect, with procumbent runners at 

 base bearing roundish-obovate and rather fleshy subsessile leaves ; 

 upper stem-leaves ovate-lanceolate; corymb few-flowered. 

 CRAWLING PHLOX. 



Stem 4 to 6 or 8 inches high; runners branching off in all directions from the 

 base, 2 to 4 or 5 inches in length. Leaves about an inch long, more or less pilose 

 and ciliate, the lower ones spatulate-obovate, tapering to short margined petioles. 



