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PHLOX 



PHCENIX 



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-aciite. Dry lands, Va. to Ky. and 

 south. B.M. 1308. 



9. pilosa, Linn. (P. arista, 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. numer- 



1762. Phlox glaberrima (X 1%). 



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 branching, 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. Stellaria, 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, Ky., to southern 111. G.F. 1:257. 



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



D. Peduncles usually bearing few to several 



slender-pedicelled fls. 



12. subulata, Linn. (P.nivalis, Lodd.). GROUND 

 PINK. Moss PINK. Fig. 1763. 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 2-6 in. above the ground, the 

 lobes obcordate or entire. Dry banks and fields, 

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

 cea). L.B.C. 8:780; 18:1731 (as P. aristata). 

 A much prized old garden plant, useful for col- 

 onizing where it is desired to cover the earth 

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

 blooms profusely in spring. The plant is very 

 variable. P. Nelsoni, 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. 



DD. Peduncles chiefly axillary and mostly 1- to 8-fld. r 



or the fls. nearly sessile. 



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

 evergreen mat or tuft. 



13. Douglasii, Hook. Very low and densely tufted, 

 pubescent or nearly glabrous : Ivs. very narrow, pointed, 

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

 stalked, purple, lilac or white, about % in. across, the 

 lobes obovate and entire, the tube little exceeding the 

 calyx. Utah and Mont., W. 



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



tufted 

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



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

 ascending, glabrous except the peduncles and calyx: 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or ovate, acute, less than 1 in. 

 long: fls. rose-colored or whitish, nearly or quite 1 in. 

 across, the obovate lobes entire, the tube nearly twice 

 longer than calyx. Oregon. G.F. 1:66. 



FP. Style very short. 



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

 cending to 3 ft., more or less glandular above: Ivs. 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. nana, Nutt. Only a few inches high, glandular- 

 pubescent: Ivs. 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 tube somewhat surpassing 

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



L. H. B. 



PHCENICOPHOKIUM Sechellarum. See Stevensonia 

 grandi folia. 



PHCENIX (Theophrastus gave this name to the Date- 

 palm, perhaps thinking of Phoenicia, where the Greeks 

 were supposed first to have seen it, or of the Phoenician 

 purple, or of the fabled bird of Egypt). Palmacece. An 

 exceedingly distinct and popular genus of palms, whose 

 horticultural merits are discussed below. 



Spineless palms, without trunks, or with stout or 

 slender, short or long, often cespitose erect or inclined 

 trunks, clothed above with the persistent bases of the 

 leaves : Ivs. terminal, spreading, recurved, unequally 

 pinnate; segments somewhat fasciculate or almost equi- 

 distant, elongated-lanceolate or ensiform, acuminate, 

 rigid, inserted by the wide base; margins entire or 

 folded in their entire length; rachis laterally com- 

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

 ally spiny, with very short rigid pinnae; 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 



