POLEMONIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



8. Phlox divaricata L. Wild Blue 

 Phlox. Fig. 3461. 



Phlox divaricata L. Sp. PI. 152. 1753. 



Finely viscid-pubescent; stems ascending or 

 diffuse, slender, producing creeping or ascend- 

 ing leafy shoots from the base. Leaves of the 

 sterile shoots oblong or ovate, obtuse, i'-2' 

 long, those of the flowering stems lanceolate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, mostly acute or 

 acutish ; flowers pedicelled in open corymbed 

 cymules, faintly fragrant; calyx-teeth subu- 

 late, longer than the tube; corolla bluish, its 

 lobes obcordate, emarginate or entire, not 

 much longer than the tube, sometimes shorter ; 

 capsule oblong-globose, about 2" high. 



In moist woods, Quebec to Ontario, Minnesota, 

 Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas. 

 Ascends to 3700 ft. in Virginia. Sometimes called 

 wild sweet william. April-June. 



9. Phlox stolonifera Sims. Crawling 

 Phlox. Fig. 3462. 



Phlox stolonifera Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. 563. 1802. 

 Phlox reptans Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 145. 1803. 



Hirsute or pubescent; stems slender, diffuse, 

 producing sterile creeping leafy shoots from the 

 base. Leaves of the sterile shoots obovate, obtuse 

 at the apex, I'-tf long, narrowed at the base into 

 petioles ; flowering stems 4'-io' high, their leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, smaller ; 

 flowers in a simple or barely compound cyme, 

 slender-pedicelled; calyx-teeth linear-subulate, as 

 long as the tube or longer; corolla pink, purple 

 or violet, its lobes rounded, mostly entire, about 

 one-half the length of the tube; capsule subglo- 

 bose, ii" high. 



In woods, Pennsylvania to Georgia and Kentucky, 

 mainly in the mountains. Ascends to 4500 ft. in 

 Virginia. April-June. 



10. Phlox bifida Beck. Cleft Phlox. 

 Fig- 3463- 



P. bifida Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. n : 170. 1826. 



Puberulent or pubescent ; stems diffuse, 

 somewhat woody, much branched, slender, 

 often i long, the branches erect or ascend- 

 ing, 4'-8' high. Leaves of sterile shoots 

 linear, sessile, i'-2 r long, i"-2" wide, acute, 

 those of flowering branches linear-oblong or 

 lanceolate, much shorter ; flowers in simple 

 cymes or solitary in the axils, slender-pedi- 

 celled; pedicels 3"-i2" long; calyx-teeth lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, somewhat longer *than the 

 tube ; corolla pale purple, it's lobes as long as 

 the tube or somewhat snorter, cuneate. cleft 

 to about the middle into linear or oblong 

 obtuse diverging segments ; capsule oblong- 

 globose, i"-ij" high. 



In dry places, Indiana to Tennessee, Michigan 

 and Missouri. April-June. 



