POLEMONIACEJE. (I'OLEMONIUM FAMILY.) 339 



northward. April and May. Stem 1 high. Leaves l'-iy long. Corolla 

 6" -9" long, pale bluish-purple. 



7. P. Walter!. Softly pubescent or villous ; stem low, ascending, simple ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, rather acute, sessile, erect ; the lower ones approximate, 

 the upper distant and often alternate ; cymes terminal, compact, leafy-bracted ; 

 corolla-tube longer than the obovate lobes, and twice as long as the straight barely 

 awncd ciliate calyx-teeth. (P. pilosa, var. Walteri, Gray. P. pilosa, Walt., Ell. 

 P. glutinosa, Buckl. 1 ) Dry gravelly hills and pine barrens, Florida, and north- 

 ward. April and May. Stem 6' -12' high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla bright 

 purple, sometimes white, the tube 6" - 8" long. 



8. P. pilosa, L. Pubescent or villous; stem erect, mostly branching; 

 leaves linear, or linear-lanceolate, spreading, distant, acute, the uppermost 

 rounded at the base ; cymes corymbose, loose-flowered ; calyx-teeth | as long as 

 the tube of the corolla, prolonged into long and spreading bristle-like points, 

 hairy. (P. aristata, Michx.) Dry woods, Florida, and northward. April and 

 May. Stem rather slender, 1 - 1 high. Leaves 2' - 4' long. Corolla ' long, 

 purple. 



9. P. Floridana, Benth. Stem erect, simple, closely pubescent; leaves 

 uniform, linear-lanceolate, acute, spreading or recurved, the upper ones often al- 

 ternate ; cymes crowded or corymbose ; calyx-teeth spreading, somewhat bristle- 

 pointed, glandular-pubescent, J ^- as long as the tube of the large corolla. 

 Dry open woods, Middle Florida. May. Stem l - 2 high. Leaves 2' - & 

 long. Corolla 1' broad, pale purple, the lobes round-obovate and entire. 



2. Stems shrubby, tufted, creeping : leaves subulate, rigid, leafy in the axils : style 

 short. 



10. P. subulata, L. Pubescent; flowering stems erect; leaves very nu- 

 merous, the upper ones linear and mostly alternate ; calyx-teeth subulate, erect, 

 spiny-pointed ; lobes of the corolla notched or entire. (P. setacea, L. P. Hent- 

 zii, Nutt.) Sandy pine barrens, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 

 and May. Stems 4' -12' long. Leaves 4" -6" long. Corolla '-!' broad, 

 purple or white. 



P. DRUMMONDII, Hook., is an annual species, common in gardens. 



2. GILIA, Euiz and Pavon. 



Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mens inserted equally near the mouth of the corolla. Ovules commonly numer- 

 ous in the cells. Capsule oblong or obovoid. Seeds angled or compressed. 

 Herbs, with finely divided leaves, and showy flowers. 



I. G. coronopifolia, Pers. Stem tall, simple, pubescent or hairy, very 

 leafy ; leaves pinnately divided into many filiform very acute segments ; flowers 

 scarlet, crowded in a long compound raceme or narrow panicle ; corolla tubular- 

 funnel-shaped, with the oval-oblong obtuse lobes about J as long as the tube ; 

 stamens exserted. (Cantua Floridana, Nutt.?) Dry sandy soil, Florida to 

 South Carolina, and westward. July, g; Stem 2 -4 high. Corolla 1' 

 long, yellow and spotted with red within. 



