440 XCVL POLEMONIACE^E. POLEMONIUM. 



10. P. DRUMMONDII. Drummond's bychnidea. 



Erect, dichotomously branched, glandular-pilose ; Ivs. oblong or lance- 

 olate, scabrous; corymb dense-flowered; cal. hairy, segments lanceolate, seta- 

 ceous, elongated, revolute; cor. tube pilose, segments obovate, entire. One of 

 the handsomest species of the genus, common in cultivation. Whole plant 

 glandular-scabrous, 8 12' high. Flowers very showy, all shades from white 

 to dark purple, f 



11. P. SUBTJLATA (and P. setacea. Linn.} Moss Pink. 

 Procumbent, caespitose, much branched, pubescent; Ivs. rigid, subulate 



or linear-subulate, ciliate, fascicled in the axils ; cal. teeth linear-subulate, very 

 acute; cor. lobes cuneate, emarginate. Rocky hills and mountains, Penn. to 

 Ga. and Ky., abundant in its localities, in dense, turfy masses, sprangled over 

 in May with rose-colored flowers. Flowering branches, 2 4' long, numerous 

 and fascicled. Corymb 3 6-flowered. Corolla white or pink, deeper purple 

 in the centre. May. -f 



2. G I L I A . Ruiz & Pavon. 



Calyx 5-cleft, segments acute ; cor. tube long or short, limb regu- 

 larly 5-lobed ; sta. 5, equally inserted at top of the tube ; disk cup- 

 form ; caps, oblong or ovoid, few or many-seeded. Herbs with 

 alternate, pinnatifid Ivs. Fls. paniculate^ capitate or scattered^ generally 

 bractless. 



1. Corolla subrevolute, tube included in the calyx. 



1. G. TRICOLOR. Benth. Tri-colored Gilia. St. erect, nearly smooth; Ivs. 

 twice or thrice pinnatifid, with narrow, linear segments; cymes paniculate, 

 3 6-flowered ; cor. tricolored, 2 or 3 times longer than the calyx, tube very 

 short. An elegant little garden plant, from California, If high. Flowers 

 numerous, limb pale lilac-blue, throat purple and tube yellow, t 



2. IPOMOPSIS. Corolla infundibuliform, tube much exserted. 



2. G. (IPOMOPSIS) CORONOPIFOLIA. Pers. 



Erect, tall ; st. strict, hairy ; Ivs. crowded, pinnatifid with subulate divi- 

 sions ; thyrse elongated, with very short branches; cor. elongated, segments 

 oval-oblong, erect-spreading ; sta. exserted. @ Southern States ! A splendid 

 herb, 2 4f high, bearing at 'top a long (If) thyrse of scarlet-red flowers. Co- 

 rollas li' long, f 



3. POLEMONIUM. 



Gr. 7roX//of , war ; Pliny relates that two kings fought for the merit of its discovery. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft : corolla rotate-campanulate, limb 

 5-lobed, erect, tube short, closed at the base by 5 stameniferous 

 valves ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, cells many-seeded. Herbs with 

 alternate , pinnately-divided Ivs. Fls. terminal. 



1. P. REPTANS. American Greek- Valerian. 



St. smooth, branching, erect; Ivs. pinnately 7 11-foliate, leaflets oval- 

 lanceolate, acute ; fls. terminal, nodding ; cells of caps. 2 3-seeded. Tj. A 

 handsome plant of woods and damp grounds in N. Y. to 111. ! and sometimes 

 cultivated. Stem 12 18' high, weak, fleshy. Leaflets mostly 7, subopposite, 

 smooth, entire, sessile, an inch long and half as wide. Flowers numerous, 

 rather large, on short petioles. Segments of the calyx lanceolate-acute, per- 

 sistent, much shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla blue, lobes short, 

 rounded at the ends. Anthers introrse. Root creeping. 



2. P. C03RULEUM. Greek Valerian. St. smooth, simple, erect; Ivs. pinnately 

 11 17-foliate, segments acuminate; fls. erect; cal. equaling the tube of the 

 corolla ; cells of caps. 6 10-seeded. (g) A handsome, cultivated plant, native 

 in England. Stems clustered, several from the same root, about 2f high, hol- 

 low, stout, each dividing at top into a corymbose panicle. Leaves mostly radi- 

 cal, on long, grooved petioles ; leaflets all sessile, ovate-lanceolate, subopposite, 

 oblique, odd one lanceolate. Fls. terminal, suberect. Cor. blue, about $' diam. 



