PHLOX 



from Texas, having been collected by Druramond. In 

 October of that year it was described and figured in 

 Botanical Magazine, by W. J. Hooker, as Phlox Driim- 

 mondii. The flower was described as "pale purple with- 

 out, within, or on the upper side, of a brilliant rose-red 

 or purple, varying exceedingly on different individuals 

 in intensity, and in their more or less red or purple 

 tinge, the eye generally of an exceedingly deep crim- 

 son." Lindley described and figured it in Botanical 

 Register, 1837, describing the flowers as "either light or 

 ■deep carmine on the inner surface of their corolla, and 

 a pale blush on the outside, which sets off wondcrfiilly 

 the general effect. A bed of this plant has hardly yet 

 been seen; for it is far too precious and uncommon to be 

 possessed by any one, except in small quantities: but 

 I have had such a bed described to me, and I can readily 

 believe that it produced all the brilliancy that my in- 

 formant represented." At the present time. Phlox 

 Drummondii is one of the most popular annuals, and 

 it has varied into many shades. P. hortensiaflora, P. 

 stellata, P. Leopoldii, P. tirandiflora, P. Heynoldiaua, 

 and many other names, belong here. 

 AA. Perennial Phh<.r,x „f r„r!.,„x hahll . either puhes- 



DD. Inflorescenc 



'.d loose or flat-topped: pla 



B. Flou-erin,,! si, ,„s . 



c. Plant ghilimiis (..,-, 



D. Infloreseenee hinje a 



2. panicuiata, Linn. (P. 



Perennial Phlox of g.ar 



itfish. 



,■///.,, II. .i-t.l. Fig. 17(11. 

 in luuuv furms. Plant 

 : lvs.oijl.ing-lanceolate 

 and mostly tapering at 

 the base : calyx-teeth 

 awl-like. Woods, Pa., 

 W. and S. B.M. 1880 



Til,' ii;.r.iit of the great 

 iiiiiiii" r .if perennial 

 IMil.iX.s „f gardens, al- 

 tliuugU .some of these 

 may bo hybrids with 

 the next. "Fls. pink- 

 purple, varying to 

 white," according to 

 Gray. In cult, varying 

 much in color. 



3. maculita, Linn. 



Slenderer usually with 



a spotted stem Us 



smooth and usu 



1759. Phlox Drum 



ally thicker than those ot me abo%e the upper ones 

 usually clasping: calyx-teeth short fls as in above 

 Range of the last, and in cult., but less important horti- 

 culturally than P. paniculata 



i. OY&ta, Linn. (P. Carolina, lAmi. P. trifldra. 

 Sweet). A foot or two tail, the stems erect from a 

 short, decumbent base : Ivs. narrow-ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, the lower ones tapering lo base and the upper 



1761. Phlox paniculata. 



ones somewhat clasping: fls. pink or light red, about 1 

 in. across, the straight or slightly curving tube twice or 

 more longer than the rather short and broad calyx-teeth. 

 Pa., soutt, mostly in elevated regions. B.M. 528. 



5. glab§rrima, Linn. Fig. 1762. Differs in somewhat 

 taller growth, linear-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, firm, nearly veinless Ivs. which have 

 revolute margins and in the narrow, very sharp-pointed 

 caljx teeth ^ a to Wis., and south. 



\ IT suffruticdsa, Gray (P. suffruticbsa, Willd. P. 

 nitida Pursh) Stiffer, sometimes pubescent above: 

 Ivs considerably broader: fls. varying to flesh color. 

 (ti andTenn south and west. B.M. 2155 (as P. Cdriica). 

 B R 1 68 



Plant distinctly hairy or pubescent (exceptions in 

 No. 9). 

 I Sterile prosttate or mnning shoots arising from the 

 base of the plant. 



I divancita Lnin. (P. Cnnnd^nsis. Sweet). Wild 

 S\\fFTWiTT! ir St.-Tii-- ■Iiiiil-r, imbescent, 10-18 in. 

 I II |\ r,-, ■■ I- I !■..'.!. --'^ r.. ovate-lanceolate, 



, , tl I , ii I. - t.Tminating short 



1 , , I I , 1. ; -li blue, handsome 



,1 I I I in _iaui. Ill' ■ i-'l I l.'l'fs often notched, 

 tl 1 \1 Ih 11 irr.iwaii.l siil.nhite. Woods and copses, 

 III I \ I 1 ..rounds western Ontario, west and .south. 

 I M ]i (t F 7:256.— A very attractive early spring 

 H x I tten coloring the fields in Michigan and other 

 I irts Prefers rich soil. 



7 r^ptans Michx. (P. sfolonlfera. Sims). Low and 

 weik the flowering stems reaching 6-12 in., the sterile 

 ones long and prostrate, the plant thinly glandular- 

 hairv Ivs short ovate or obovate. more or less obtuse: 

 fls few m each cyme, purple or violet, the lobes mostly 

 entire the calyx lobes narrow and subulate. Pa. and 

 Kv to Ga mostlj in the upper regions. B.M. 563. 



DD Sterile prostrate shoots none. 



8 amoena Sims (P. /jrodimfieii.*, Gray). Stems 6 in. 

 or less high from a decumbent base, pubescent or hairy: 

 Ivs. numerous, mostly in rosettes at the base, few on 



