326 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Cuscuta Gronovii Willd. 

 Dcxider. Love Vine, 



Common. On herbs and low shrubs, often very plentiful 

 in open swamps. July — Sept. 



Cuscuta compacta Juss. (compact). 



Rare or local. On shrubs: Groton (Graves), Franklin 

 (R. W. Woodward), Milford, Stratford and Westport 

 (Eames). Aug. — Sept. 



POLEMONIACEAE. POLEMONIUM FAMILY. 



PHLOX L. 



Phlox paniculata L. (panicled). 

 Phlox acuminata Pursh. 

 Phlox glaiidulosa Shuttlw. 

 Phlox amplifolia Britton. 

 Garden Phlox. 



Occasional. Roadsides and about old gardens. Aug. — 

 Sept. Adventive from the Southwest. 



Phlox maculata L. (spotted). 

 Wild Sweet William. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and waste 

 places: Waterford (Graves), Franklin (R. W. Woodward 

 & Weatherby), Fairfield, well established at two localities 

 (Eames). June — Aug. In Connecticut adventive from the 

 South or West. 



The var. Candida Michx. (shining white) occurs at Fair- 

 field (Eames). 



Phlox pilosa L. (hairy). 



Rare. Moist grassy bank, Southbury (Harger). May — 

 June. 



Tliis is the only reported station for the species in New 

 England. 



Phlox subulata L. (awl-shaped). 

 Ground or Moss Pink. 



Rare to occasional. Escaped from cultivation, often in 

 and near old cemeteries. ]\tay. Adventive from the West. 

 It is seen rarely with white flowers. 



