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3. F. MACULATA. (P. pyramidalis. Sm. P. latifolia. Michx.} 



St. erect, subsimple, scabrous or nearly smooth ; lower Ivs. lanceolate, the 

 highest ovate, cordate at base, all subcoriaceous, roughish or smooth; panicle 

 oblong or subpyramidal ; cal. teeth lanceolate, acute ; pet. orbicular. Tj. Moist 

 fields, Penn. to Car. and Western States. Stem 2 3t' high, mostly punctate, 

 with purple spots. Lower branches of the panicle shorter than the leaves, or 

 often elongated. Corolla tube more or less curved, smooth. Petals obtuse or 

 retuse, purple, varying in gardens from white to crimson, f 

 13. suaveolens. (P. suaveolens. Ait.} Fls. white, fragrant, f 



4. P. CAROLINA. (P. revoluta. Aiken. P. nitida. Ph.} Carolina Lychnidea. 

 Glabrous, erect or ascending ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, attenuated to the apex, 



subcoriaceous, margins revolute, lower attenuated to the base, upper rounded 

 at base ; panicle corymbose, puberulent or smooth ; cal. teeth short-acuminate ; 

 cor. tube awned, segments obovate, entire. 7J. A very smooth species, fields and 

 barrens, Ohio, la. ! common ; also Md. to Car. Stem slender, 1 2f high. 

 Leaves 2 M long, mostly quite narrow (3 4"), thick and shining. Panicle 

 few (15 25Vflowered. Corolla purple. May Aug. 

 /?. ovata. Benth. (P. ovata. Linn.) Lvs. ovate and lance-ovate. Car. f 



5. P. GLABERRIMA. Ohio Lychnidea. 



Glabrous ; st. branching at base, the branches subsimple ; Ivs. lance-linear 

 or lance-oblong, rather obtuse, thin, sessile, flat, upper ones lance-ovate, often 

 rounded at base ; panicle corymbose, few-flowered, glabrous ; cal. teeth lanceo- 

 late, subacuminate, half as long as the corolla tube; pet. obovate, entire. 7J. 

 Pine barrens, Ohio ! Very distinct from the former by its shorter, obtuse, never 

 acuminate or revolute leaves and its much larger calyx. Stem 2f high. Leaves 

 li_2i' by 3 5". Flowers purple. June, July. 



6. P. REPTANS. Michx. Creeping Lychnidea. 



Stolons creeping ; sts. low, assurgent ; Ivs. ovate, obovate or oblong; cor. few- 

 flowered ; cal. puberulent, segments linear-subulate ; pet. obovate, entire. 7J. 

 Hill-sides and mountains, la. Plummer ! to S. Car. Flowering-stems 6' high, 

 with small (4 9" by 2 4") and remote leaves. Stolons with leaves 2 3 times 

 larger, somewhat crowded at the end. Flowers 3 8. Corolla bluish-purple, 

 tube scarcely twice longer than the calyx. June. 



7. P. DIVARICATA. Early-flowering Lychnidea. 



Low, diffuse, pubescent ; Ivs. lanceolate, ovate or oblong ; panicle corym- 

 bose, loose ; cal. roughish-pubemlent, segments linear-subulate ; cor. segments 

 emarginate-bifid. Tj. Can., N. Y. ! to Va. Stems loosely branched, a foot or 

 more long, flaccid. Leaves 1 2' long, acute, the lower tapering to the base, 

 the upper broad and clasping at base, the floral linear-setaceous. Pedicels di- 

 verging, longer than the calyx which is half as long as the corolla tube. Corol- 

 la of a peculiar light but brilliant grayish-blue. May. 



1 Laphami. Lvs. ovate ; pet. obtuse, entire. Wis, Lapham ! Western Re- 

 serve. Cmcles! Intermediate between P. divaricata and P. glaberrima, and 

 may prove distinct from both. 



8. P. PILOSA. (P. aristata. Michx. Benth.} 



Pilose-puberulent, erect or decumbent at base ; Ivs. lance-linear, margin 

 suftrevolute, subamplexicaul ; panicle corymbose ; cal. hirsute, segments seta- 

 ceous-acuminate ; pet. obovate, entire. 7J. Penn. to Ohio, Clark ! Wis. Lap- 

 ham! and Southern States. Stem 12 18' high, rigid. Leaves 1J -3' by 2 4", 

 attenuated to the apex. Corolla pale red or bluish-white, the tube a third 

 longer than the long, slender, awn-like teeth of the calyx. May, June. 

 /? Lvs. shorter, broadest at base, sessile ; fls. smaller. Indiana ! 



9. P. BIFIDA. Beck. Beckys Lychnidea. 



Low, assurgent, diffusely branched, puberulent ; Ivs. amplexicaul, subre- 

 volute on the margin, acutish, lower lance-ovate, upper lance-linear ; corymbs 

 very loose, 2 5-flowered; cal. segments linear, acute; cor. tube curved, seg- 

 ments deeply bifid. A very distinct species, and very rare, in Mo. Beck,Ca.ss 

 Co., 111., Mead! Stem brownish-purple, slender, 6' high. Leaves 12 15" by 

 1 2", lower much shorter. Pedicels 1' long. Tube of corolla much curved, 

 segments cleft nearly half way down, purple. Apr. 



