PHLOX FAMILY. Polemoniaceae. 



many very small, narrow, pointed, thickish, dull green 

 leaves and ornamented towards the end with small clusters 

 of flowers, which are lilac or blue, marked with purple 

 lines, less than half an inch across, with five irregular 

 lobes and blue anthers. This grows at the Grand Canyon 

 and in dry open places in the mountains. 



There are several kinds of Collomia, almost all annuals; 

 leaves alternate, usually toothless; flowers in clusters; 

 differing from Gilia and Linanthus in the calyx, which 

 increases in size as it grows older; corolla tube-shaped, 

 funnel-form, or salver-form, with spreading lobes; stamens 

 unequally inserted on the corolla-tube, with unequal 

 filaments; seeds usually mucilaginous. 



Very pretty flowers, which attract at- 

 Collbmia grandi- .. f ,, ! , , . 



flora (Gilia) tention because of their unusual coloring. 



Buff The leafy stem is from one to two feet 



Summer tall and slightly downy and the leaves are 



Cal., Utah, Wash. genera Hy toothless, smooth, and rather 

 dark green. The flowers form a roundish terminal cluster, 

 which is about two inches across, surrounded by broad 

 bracts, which are sticky to the touch. The corolla is 

 funnel-form, about an inch long, various shades of buff or 

 salmon-color, and as the downy buds are yellow, the newly- 

 opened flowers buff, and the older ones pinkish or cream- 

 white, the combinations of color are odd and effective. 

 This is quite common in Yosemite, in warm situations, and 

 much cultivated in Germany. It is sometimes called Wild 

 Bouvardia, but this is a poor name, as it is that of a plant 

 belonging to an entirely different family. 



From six inches to over a foot tall, with 

 Collomia linearis f 



(Cilia) a ra ther stout, very leafy stem, more or 



Pink less branching, and alternate leaves, 



Summer smooth, toothless, and rather dark green, 



West the upper stems and buds hairy and sticky. 



The flowers have no pedicels and narrow funnel-form or 

 salver-form corollas, bright pink, about a quarter of an 

 inch across, and are crowded in roundish clusters, at the 

 tips of the leafy branches, the larger clusters toward 

 top. Though the tiny flowers are bright and pretty this 

 not an effective plant. It grows in dry, open, sai 

 places and the foliage has a rather disagreeable smell wht 

 crushed. 



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