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A Mr. Drummond, who collected extensively in Texas, sentseeds 



to England early in 1835, and in October of that year Phlox 

 Drummondii was described and figured by Hooker in the Bot- 

 anical Magazine. The flower was originally described as u pale 

 purple without, within, or on the upper side, of a brilliant rose- 

 red or purple, varying exceedingly on different individuals in 

 intensity and in their more or less red or purple tinge, the eye 

 generally of an exceedingly deep crimson." One garden form 

 of this species has deeply cnt petals, and is called "star phlox." 

 P. paniculata and P. maculata are two perennials that have 

 been extensively cultivated, the former especially having fur- 

 nished many garden forms. It is a stout erect plant, two to four 

 feet high, the flower usually deep pink in the wild state. It is 

 found in woods and thickets in most of the eastern states from 

 Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to Kansas. 



P. maculata is a smaller plant, but with the same upright 

 habit. The stem is usually purple mottled, whence the name. 

 The leaves of this species are broader, thicker, and of a deeper 

 green than are those of P. paniculata. 



All told, there are about sixty species of Phlox in North 

 America, all of them handsome plants, apparently only five of 

 them annuals, and all of these five are natives of Texas. 



By far the greater number of the species in the genus are 

 found from the Rocky mountains westward fully two thirds of 

 them occurring in that region. At the higher altitudes especi- 

 ally are found the low matted forms with an abundance of flow- 

 ers almost concealing the short leaves. 



Nevada Species 



Besides the form illustrated, the following are known to oc- 

 cur in Nevada: 

 Phlox i.oxgituba Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 22S. 1905. 



Phlox superba Brand, Pflanzenreich IV. Fam. 250: 67. 



1907. 

 This is a handsome species with pink or often salmon-col- 

 ored flowers, the tube nearly an inch and a half in length. The 

 slender stems are suffruteseeut at base, and often attain a height 



