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677. Flowers not blue (pale lavender blue in Phlox No. 682). 

 Leaves narrowly linear, scarcely J4 in. wide. . .Gerard ia no. 683 

 Leaves broader, usually over i in, wide 



Flowers in terminal, close clusters Phlox no. 679 



Flowers in the leaf joints Horse Gentian no. 678 



678. Horse Gentian. Triosteum perfoliatum. {Capri fol- 

 iaceae.) A coarse finely-haired perennial, 2-4 ft. high, the 

 stem passing through the large opposite leaves which are 

 broadly oval, 4-8 in. long, and 2-4 in. wide. Flowers small, 

 clustered in the leaf bases, purplish brown. Fruit orange or 

 red, crowned with the remains of the flower. In rich woods. 

 Mass. to Alabama, and westward. June. Fig. 678. A related 

 species, A. aurantiacum, has the leaf -bases not surrounding 

 the stem. It is found from New Brunswick to No. Carolina 

 and westward. 



679. PHLOX. PHLOX. 



Erect herbs, some sorts prostrate, with opposite toothless 

 leaves and showy flowers in terminal or lateral, more or less 

 close, clusters. Corolla rather long tubular, the tube thin, 

 expanding at the summit into five broad, spreading, usually 

 blunt lobes. Fruit a dry pod. (Polemoniaccae.) For the 

 Ground Pink, P. suhulata, see No. y2'j. See also No. 666. 



Plants erect, 1-3 ft. high 



Flowers and foliage smooth or nearly so 



Garden Phlox no. 680 



Flowers and foliage hairy, often sticky. . .Prairie Phlox no. 681 



Plants more or less procumbent Wild Blue Phlox no. 682 



680. Garden Phlox. Phlox paniculata. An erect, usually 

 smooth, perennial, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves oblong or lance- 

 oblong, pointed at the tip, and narrowed, or very slighdy 

 heart-shaped at the base, 2-5 in. long, about one quarter as 

 wide. Flowers numerous, showy, pink, purple or white, in 

 more or less close clusters at the summit. Corolla tubes very 

 slender. Wild in woods. Penn. to Florida, and westward, 

 frequently cultivated north of this, and sometimes escaping. 

 August. Fig. 680. A related species, P. maculata, is lower, 

 has leaves broadest towards the base, and a purple flecked 

 stem. Connecticut to Florida, and westward. 



