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PHLOX FAMILY. 



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2. Phlox maculata L. Wild Sweet- 



William. (Fig. 2969.) 



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



Phlox suaveolens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 206. 1789. 



Stem slender, erect, simple, or branched 

 above, glabrous or puberulent, usually flecked 

 with purple, i^-3 high. Leaves lanceo- 

 late or the upper ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 rather firm, long-acuminate, sessile, rounded 

 or subcordate at the base, 2'-$' long, widest 

 just above the base, the lowest sometimes 

 linear-lanceolate; flowers short-pedicelled, the 

 compact cymules forming an elongated nar- 

 row 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 

 preceding species. 



In moist woods and along streams, New Jersey 

 to Florida, west to Minnesota and Tennessee. 

 Occasionally escaped from gardens further north. 

 P. maculata var. Candida Michx. {P. suaveolens 

 Ait. ) is a form with white flowers and unspotted 

 stem, occurring with the type. June-Aug. 



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3. Phlox ovata L,. Mountain Phlox. 

 (Fig. 2970.) 



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



Phlox Carolina L- Sp. PI. Fd. 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 subcordate 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 sim- 

 ple 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 and 

 Alabama, mostly in the mountains. May-Aug. 



4. Phlox glaberrima L,. Smooth Phlox. 

 (Fig. 2971.) 



Phlox glaberrima L. Sp. PI. 152. 1753. 



Glabrous or nearly so throughout; stem simple, 

 slender, erect or ascending, i-2 high. Leaves 

 lanceolate or linear, rather firm, mostly i-nerved, 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, ly^'-^' 

 long, 2 // -6 // wide, sessile, or the lowest linear or ob- 

 long, obtusish, shorter, and short-petioled ; flowers 

 short-pedicelled, the cymules corymbed; calyx- 

 teeth subulate-lanceolate, one-third to one-half the 

 length of the tube ; corolla commonly pink, its 

 lobes obovate, rounded, or obcordate, longer than 

 the tube. 



In open woods and on prairies, Virginia to Wiscon- 

 sin, south to Florida and Kentucky. Ascends to 2200 

 ft. in Virginia. Broad-leaved southern forms approach 

 the preceding species. May-July. 



