PHLOX FAA1ILY. Polemoniaceae. 



Charming little flowers, exceedingl 1 

 Ground Pink, de ii ca te and gay. The stem is usuall 

 Fringed Gilia . - n .i i 



Lindnihus dian- onl y a few inches tall, the leaves are ver; 

 thifldrus (Gilia) narrow, and the flowers are three-quarter 

 P ink of an inch across, with bright pink petals 



SP rin s prettily toothed at the tips, shading t 



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white and yellow in the center and ofte: 



with a purple ring in the throat. This is common i: 

 southern California and often grows in quantities, sprini 

 ling the ground with its bright little flowers. 



This is a few inches tall, with purplis' 



Lindnihus lini- 



florus (Gilia) stems, which are so very slender and wir 

 White that they look hardly thicker than hair 



Spring, summer an d the flowers seem to be hovering in th 

 air, giving an exceedingly pretty and deli 

 cate effect. The leaves are stiff and dark green and th 

 flowers are half an inch or more across, with a yellowisl 

 tube and white petals, delicately veined with blue, with ; 

 pale yellow pistil and orange anthers. This grows on th 

 dry tops of mesas, in southern California. 



There are many kinds of Phlox, natives of Nortl 

 America and Asia, usually perennials, the leaves toothless 

 mostly opposite, at least the lower ones; the calyx five 

 ribbed; the corolla salver-form; the stamens inserted ver 

 unequally in the tube and not protruding; the seeds no 

 mucilaginous. The salver-form corolla and the seeds no 

 being mucilaginous distinguishes Phlox from Gilia. Th 

 name is from the Greek, meaning "flame." 



A charming little plant, with wood 1 

 Alpine Phlox 



Phlox Dougldsii stems a * ew inches tall and partly creepm; 

 White, lilac along the ground, densely crowded witl 



Summer numerous needle-like leaves, forming dul 



Northwest, etc. green> cushion-like mats, sometimes over i 

 foot across and suggesting some sort of prickly moss 

 These prickly cushions are sprinkled thickly all over witl 

 pretty lilac flowers and the effect is most attractive. Th 

 flowers vary in tint from white to pink and purple and a 

 nearly three-quarters of an inch across and slightly swee 

 scented. The tube is longer than the hairy calyx, and t 



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