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POLEMONIACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



5. Phlox pilosa L. Downy Phlox. 

 (Fig. 2972.) 



Phlox pilosa I,. Sp. PI. 152. 1753. 



Soft downy or hairy, often glandular; stem 

 erect or ascending, simple or branched, slen- 

 der, i-2 high. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 

 spreading or divaricate, long-acuminate, x f -j/ 

 long, i^ // -4 // wide, sessile, the base nar- 

 rowed or rounded; cymules corymbed; flow- 

 ers short-pedicelled; calyx glandular, viscid, 

 its teeth setaceous-subulate, longer than the 

 tube; corolla pink, purple, or white, its lobes 

 obovate, entire, the tube usually pubescent; 

 capsule shorter than the calyx. 



In dry soil, Ontario to Manitoba, New Jersey, 

 Florida, Akansas and Texas. April-June. 



6. Phlox amoena Sims. Hairy Phlox. 

 (Fig. 2973.) 



Phlox amoena Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. 1308. 1810. 



Usually quite hairy; stems simple, slender, as- 

 cending, 6 / -i8 / high. Leaves linear-oblong, sessile, 

 acute or obtuse at the apex, mostly narrowed at the 

 base, nearly erect, J^ / -iJ^ / long, iX // -2>^ // wide, 

 the lowest much shorter; flowers very nearly sessile 

 in a dense terminal simple or somewhat compound 

 cyme, which is subtended by the uppermost pair of 

 leaves; calyx hirsute, its teeth subulate, as long as 

 or shorter than the tube; corolla pink or white, its 

 lobes obovate, entire or rarely emarginate, shorter 

 than the glabrous tube. 



In dry soil, Virginia to Tennessee, Florida and 

 Georgia. April-June. 



7. Phlox divaricata L,. Wild Blue 

 Phlox. (Fig. 2974.) 



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 

 very much longer than the tube ; capsule 

 oblong-globose, about 2" high. 



In moist woods, Ontario to Minnesota, south to 

 Pennsylvania, Florida. Louisiana and Arkansas. 

 Ascends to 3700 ft. in Virginia. Sometimes called 

 Wild Sweet William. April-June. 



