POLEMOXIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



2. Phlox amplifolia Britton. Large-leaved 

 Phlox. Fig. 3455. 



Phlox amplifolia Britton, Man. 757. 1901. 



Stem villous or glandular-villous, at least above, 

 2-3i high. Leaves large and broad, 2i'-6' long, 

 ii'-2i' wide, roughish above, the upper sessile, the 

 lower ones, or some of them, narrowed, usually 

 abruptly, into winged petioles which are sometimes 

 one-third as long as the blade ; flowers similar to 

 those of P. paniculata, the inflorescence often i 

 long; calyx glandular-villous; corolla-tube glabrous, 

 the lobes obovate, rounded or retuse; capsules 4"-5" 

 long. 



Woods and thickets, Indiana to Missouri, Kentucky 

 and Tennessee. June-Aug. 



3. Phlox maculata L. Wild Sweet- 

 William. Fig. 3456. 



Phlox maculata L. Sp. PI. 152. 1753. 

 Phlox suaveolens Ait. Hort. Kew. i : 206. 



1789. 



Stem slender, erect, simple or branched above, 

 glabrous or puberulent, usually flecked with pur- 

 ple, ii-3 high. Leaves lanceolate or the upper 

 ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, rather firm, long- 

 acuminate, sessile, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base, 2'-5' long, widest just above the base, the 

 lowest sometimes linear-lanceolate; flowers 

 short-pedicelled, the compact cymules forming 

 an elongated narrow thyrsoid panicle ; calyx- 

 teeth triangular-lanceolate, acute, or acuminate, 

 about one-fourth the length of the tube; corolla 

 pink or purple, rarely white, its lobes rounded, 

 shorter than the tube ; capsule similar to that of 

 the two preceding species. 



In moist woods and along streams, Connecticut 

 to Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Mississippi. Oc- 

 casionally escaped from gardens further north. 

 P. maculata var. Candida Michx. (P. suaveolens 

 Ait.) is a race with white flowers and unspotted 

 stem, occurring with the type. June-Aug. 



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4. Phlox ovata L. Mountain Phlox. 



Fig- 3457- 



Phlox ovata L. Sp. PI. 152. 1753. 



Phlox Carolina L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 216. 1762. 



Glabrous or nearly so throughout; stems sim- 

 ple, slender, ascending from a decumbent base, 

 i-2 high. Leaves rather firm, the upper ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, sessile by a rounded or sub- 

 cordate base, acute at the apex, i'-2' long, the 

 lower and basal ones longer, oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, acute at both ends, narrowed into slender 

 often margined petioles ; flowers short-pedicelled 

 in corymbed or sometimes simple cymes ; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, acute, or 

 acuminate, one-third to one-half the length of 

 the tube ; corolla pink or red, its lobes obovate, 

 rounded, entire. 



In woods, Pennsylvania to North Carolina, Geor- 

 gia and Alabama, mostly in the mountains. May-Aug. 



