POLEMONIACEAE 517 



8. C. compacta Juss. On shrubs: Ont. to N. Y., Ala., Kan. and 

 Tex. 



Throughout the range, except in the coastal strip of N. J., there 

 apparently wanting; common in the pine-barrens. 



POLEMONIACEAE 



Calyx distended and at length ruptured by the ripening capsule; 



leaves opposite. I. Phlox. 



Corolla not distended or ruptured by the capsule; leaves alternate. 2. Polemonium. 



i . Phlox L. 



Leaves flat, ovate, oblong, lanceolate or linear. 



Cymes panicled; flowers short pedicelled or sessile. 



Calyx-teeth subulate. 1. P. panicidata. 



Calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute. 2. P. maculata. 



Cymes corymbose, simple, or flowers scattered. 



Stem erect or ascending; no prostrate, sterile shoots. 3. P. pilosa. 



Stem ascending or reclining; sterile shoots prostrate. 4. P. divaricala. 



Leaves subulate, fascicled or crowded. 5. P. subulata. 



i. P. paniculata L. In woods and thickets: Pa. to Fla., 111., 

 Kan. and La. Freely escaped from gardens in the north 

 and east. 



Not uncommon as an escape in most parts of our range, perhaps 

 native only in Luzerne and Northampton counties in Pa. 



2. P. maculata L. In moist woods and along streams: Conn, to 



Fla., Minn, and Tenn. 



Conn, and N. Y., escaped from cultivation. 



N. J. On the drainage of the Delaware from Hunterdon to 



Salem counties, and in Cape May; elsewhere probably not native 



but frequently escaping. 

 Pa. Luzerne, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. 



3. P. pilosa L. In various situations: Ont. to Man., N. J., Fla., 



Kan., Ark. and Tex. 



Conn. Very rare at Southbury, the only reported station for the 



species in New England. 

 N. J. Rare along the drainage of the Delaware in Gloucester, 



Camden and Burlington counties; rare and local in Monmouth and 

 Middlesex counties, thence increasing but scattered northward; 

 not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Lehigh, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, rare: Older Formations, not common. 

 141-220 days. Sea level-890 ft. 



