1308 



PHLOX 



the flowering stems, small, oblong-lanceolate to linear- 

 oblong, mostly obtuse but sometimes nearly or quite 

 acute; fls. numerous for the size of the plant, purple, 

 pink or white, the lobes usually entire, the calyx-lobes 

 narrow and sharp-acute. Dry lands, Va. to Ky. and 

 south. B.M. 1308. 



9. pildsa, Linn. (P. arisfUfa, Michx.). Stems slender 

 but erect, 2 ft. or less tall, pubescent or hairy ( nearly 

 glabrous forms occur) : Ivs. small, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, widest near the base, acuminate: fls. uumer- 



1762. Phlox elabi 



ous in rather loose cymes, varying through purple, pink 

 and white, the lobes entire, the calyx-lobes awn-like. 

 Dry fields, woods and prairies, British Amer. to Fla. 

 and Tex., growing as far east as New Jersey. B.M. 

 1307. L.B.C. 13:1251. 



BB. Flowering stems diffuse and branehing, often 

 creeping, low: plants of more or less tufted 

 habit. 

 c. Corolla-lobes 4-parted or very strongly notched, 



10. bifida, Beck. Low, the stems stiff and sometimes 

 almost woody and often 1 ft. long and rising 3-8 in. 

 from the ground, minutely pubescent: Ivs. linear and 

 rigid, 2 in. or less long: fls. scattered, violet-purple, the 

 lobes 2- or 3-cleft as far as the middle or farther into 

 narrow spreading segments. Prairies, 111. and Mo. — 

 Rarely cultivated. 



11. Stell4ria, Gray. Glabrous: Ivs. linear, sparingly 

 ciliate towards the base: fls. scattered, usually 

 long-peduncled, pale blue to whitish, the lobes 

 cleft only at the apex into short oblong parts. 

 Lexington, Ey., to southern 111. G.P. 1:257. 



cc. Corolla-lobes very shallow -notched or entire. 



i>. Peduncles usually bearing few to several 



slender-pedicelled fls. 



12. subulita, Linn. (P.nivdlis.hoM.). Ground 

 Pink. Moss Pink. Fig. 17U3. Tufted or matted, 

 the depressed stems more or less pubescent; 

 Ivs. crowded or fascicled {except on the flower- 

 ing stems), narrow-linear to linear-lanceolate, 

 very sharp and usually stiff, ciliate: fls. nearly 1 

 in. across, light blue, pink or white, in small 

 clusters standing 2-G in. above the ground, the 

 lobes obcordate or entire. Dry banks and fields. 

 New York W. and S. B.M. 411; 415 (as P. setu- 

 cea). L.B.C. 8:780; 18:1731 (as P. «ris(nf«).- 

 A much prized old garden plant, useful for col- 

 onizing where it is desired to cover the earth 

 with a mat. It is miich used in cemeteries. It 

 blooms profusely in spring. The plant is very 

 variable. P. N'elsoni. Hort.. and P. nivalis. Lodd.. are 

 white-fld. forms. Var. Alba is a common white form. 

 There are striped forms. Var. frondosa is a vigorous 

 garden form with rose-colored fls. 



PHCENIX 



DD, Peduncles chiefly axillary and mostly 1- to S-fld.,. 



or the fls. nearly sessile. 



E. Lcs. crowded or fascicled: plant forming a dense 



evergreen mat or tuft. 



13. Doilglasii, Hook. Very low and den.sely tufted, 

 pubescent cir )ii;irly glabrous: Ivs. very narrow, pointed, 

 the margins at base often ciliate: fls. small and short- 

 stalked, purple, lilac or white, about Kin. across, the 

 lobes obovate and entire, the tube little exceeding the: 

 calyx. LTtah and Mont., W. 



EE. Lvs. little if at all fasricled: plant only loosely 



tufted 



F. Style nearly or quite equaling the corolla-tube. 



14. adsiirgens, Torr. Stems 3-6 in. long, diffuse and 

 asceniliiii;. glabrous except the peduncles and calyx: 

 lvs. ovaii- laiiciolate or ovate, acute, less than 1 in. 

 long: tis. ruse-colored or whitish, nearly or quite 1 in. 

 across, the obovate lobes entire, the tube nearly twice 

 longer than calyx. Oregon. G.F. 1:06. 



FF. Style very short. 



15. specidsa, Pursh. Variable in size, sometimes as- 

 cending to 3 ft., more or less glandular above: lvs. 2 in. 

 or less long, linear to lanceolate, the uppermost broad 

 at base: fls. rose-pink or whitish, in corymbs, the lobes 

 obcordate, the tube little surpassing the calyx. Calif., 

 north. 



16. n&na, Nutt. Only a few inches high, glandular- 

 pubescent: lvs. 2 in. or less long, linear, sometimes 

 alternate : fls. light red or rose to white, scattered or 

 somewhat corymbose, about 1 in. across, the lobes usu- 

 ally entire and roundish, the t\ibe somewhat surpassing 

 the calyx. Colo., New Mex., Tex. G.F. 1:413. 



L. H. 



PH(ENICOPHOEIUM Sechellarum. See Stei 



FH(ENIX (Theophrastus gave this name to the Date- 

 palm, perhaps thinking of Phoenicia, where the Gi 



were supposed fir 

 purple, or of tli 

 exceedingly <ii- 

 horticultural in 



Spiru.lrss |., 

 sleiKlrr. sliurt . 

 trunk.-^. -ImiIm .1 

 leaves : lvs. ti 

 pinnate ; 



• of the Phoenician 

 rd l.ini i.f Euypt). Palwdcew. An 

 ;in(i [".jnil;!!- i,-euus of palms, whose 



Ur .ll^.■Us.s,,(^ lieloW. 



Aiilmut trunks, or with stont or 

 ^^ often cespitose erect or inclined 

 '■ witli the persistent )>ases of the 

 il, spreading, recurved, unequally 

 ;iniewhat fasciculate or almost eqiii- 



distaut, elongated-lanceolate or ensiform, acuminate^ 

 rigid, inserted by the wide base; margins entire oi 

 folded in their entire length; rachis laterally com- 

 pressed, convex on the back; petiole plano-convex, usu- 

 ally spiny, with very short rigid piuuee; sheaths short, 



1763. Phlox subulata, or Moss Pink. 



fibrous : spadices usually many, erect or nodding in 

 fruit, or pendent : peduncle strongly compressed: 

 branches usually somewhat umbellate: spathe basilar, 

 entire, long, compressed, 2-edged, coriaceous, ventrally 



