PHLOMIS PHLOX. 



surface shining, rough ; stem square, 

 much -branched. Southern Europe on 



the Mediterranean coast. Borders, 



shrubberies, or rocky banks in ordi- 

 nary soil. Division or seed. 



Phlomis Eusselliana (RusseWs P.) 

 A vigorous herb, with nearly simple 

 stems, the branches being clothed 

 with a loose white down ; 3 to 5 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; yellow, 

 from 30 to 50 in a whorl ; calyx 

 green, pubescent ; bracts narrow, very 

 acute, ending in a rather prickly 

 point. Leaves, of root large, 6-8 in. 

 long, ovate, deeply heart-shaped at 

 the base, wrinkled, green above and 

 covered with greyish tomentum be- 

 neath. Syria. Borders, fringes of 



shrubberies, wild banks, etc., in ordi- 

 nary soil. Division and seed. 



Phlomis Samia (Samian P.) Allied 

 to P. Eusselliana, but with less tomen- 

 tose stems ; 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; greenish cream-colour 

 on the outside, and thickly set with 

 hairs ; pinkish inside, lower lip also 

 pinkish inside with numerous darker 

 coloured veins or streaks ; in axillary 

 and terminal whorls sometimes of 1 

 to 1 5 flowers each ; corolla tomentose ; 

 bracts numerous, linear, very acute, 

 prickly, as long as the calyx. Leaves, 

 heart-shaped, acute, crenated, wrin- 

 kled, green above and clothed with 

 grey tomentum beneath, on hairy 

 stalks; root-leaves about 3 in. 

 long and 1| in. broad at the base; 

 stem- leaves smaller; stems hairy, 4- 

 cornered, erect. Island of Samos and 

 Barbary. Borders, or naturaliza- 

 tion, in ordinary soil. Division and seed. 



Phlomis tuberosa (Tuberous P.) A 

 handsome and vigorous perennial, 3 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; purplish- 

 rose, overlaid with a downy hoariness, 

 very numerous, in dense whorls ; 

 upper lip very hairy, and margined 

 with a delicate white fringe ; lower 

 lip perfectly smooth ; bracts nume- 



rous with long, thin, pointed divisional 

 irregularly set with hairs. Leaves, of 

 the root on long stalks, which are 

 deeply furrowed on the upper side, 

 oval-obtuse, deeply heart-shaped, 

 notched, wrinkled, and rough with 

 short hairs ; stem -leaves opposite, de- 

 cussate, oblong-lanceolate, growing 

 from the base of the whorls. Eastern 

 parts of Europe. Borders, or natu- 

 ralization in copses and shrubberies, 

 in ordinary soil. Division and seed. 



Phlox Carolina (Carolina, P.) A. 

 smooth species, with stems ascending 

 often from a prostrate base ; 6 in. to 

 2 ft. high. Flowers, in early summer ; 

 pinkish or purple, in crowded corymbs ; 

 corolla about 1 in. long, and the limb 

 1 in. broad ; lobes round, entire ; 

 teeth of calyx short, triangular- lance- 

 shaped. Leaves, ovate-lance-shaped, 

 sometimes heart-shaped at the base, 



attenuated. North America. 



Borders, in light-soil. Division and 

 cuttings. 



Phlox decnssata (Cross-leaved P.) 

 A beautiful kind, the parent of many 

 of our dwarfer garden varieties ; 20 to 

 30 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 numerous, red, arranged in pyramidal 

 corymb-like panicles; calyx with 

 short, acuminate, bristle-like teeth. 

 Leaves, opposite, oblong, or oval -lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, downy or whitish 

 underneath, the upper ones faintly 

 jagged at the base. There are nume- 

 rous varieties, one of which has varie- 

 gated leaves. North America. 



Borders, and beds, in deep sandy 

 loam. Division and cuttings. 



Phlox divaricata (Straggling P.) 

 P. canadensis. Intermediate in size 

 between the dwarf and tall kinds ; 9 

 to 16 in. high. Flowers, in spring and 

 early summer ; pale lilac or bluish, in 

 forked corymbs ; lobes of corolla ob- 

 cordate, notched at the end, equalling 

 or longer than the tube; calyx 5- 

 parted; teeth slender awl-shaped. 



