518 POLEMONIACEAE 



4. P. divaricata L. In moist woods: Ont. to Minn., Pa., Fla. 



and Ark. 



Nowhere as a wild plant in our area; reported as an adventive in 

 Conn., N. J. and Luzerne and Northampton counties, Pa. 



5. P. subulata L. In dry sandy or rocky soil: N. Y. to Fla., 



Mich, and Ky. Escaped from cultivation in New England, 

 and perhaps in N. J. and N. Y. 

 Conn. Not uncommon as an adventive. 



N. Y. Occasional on the south side of L. I.; S. I.; wanting else- 

 where. 

 N. J. Scattered throughout the north, but perhaps sometimes 

 adventive there, increasing and becoming common southward, 

 but not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Throughout the state, most common in Delaware and Chester 

 counties, especially in the serpentine barrens in Chester Co. 

 Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, common elsewhere: Cre- 

 taceous, common: Older Formations, rare and scattered, perhaps 

 nearly always adventive in our area. 141-220 days. Sea level- 

 980 ft. 



A white flowered form has been collected. 



2. Polemonium [Tourn.] L. 



Anthers exserted; flowers 16-20 mm. broad; stem erect. I. P. Van-Bruntiae. 



Anthers included; flowers 10-12 mm. broad; stem reclining. 2. P. reptans. 



i. P. Van-Bruntiae Britton. In swamps and along streams: Vt. 

 and northern N. Y. to Md. 



Conn. Known only from near Salisbury, Litchfield Co. 

 N. Y. Rare in the mountains of Ulster, Greene and Delaware 



counties; otherwise unknown. 

 N. J. Near Washington, Warren Co. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, rare in the north. 

 Not south of the moraine. 850-3,900 ft. 1 17-145 days. 



2. P. reptans L. In woods: N. Y. to Minn., Ga. and Kan. 



N. J. Rather uncommon in the drainage of the Delaware River 



in Warren, Hunterdon, Mercer, Camden and Salem counties, 



unknown elsewhere. 

 Pa. Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties. 



A rare and local plant in our area. 



Gilia rubra L. has been reported from southern New Jersey and Westchester Co., 

 N. Y. as an escape from cultivation. G. achilleaefolia Benth. and G. capitata Dougl. 

 have been collected as waifs in New York and Pennsylvania. 



