80 POLEMONIACE. 
speciosa, Dougl. Leaves in 4’s and 6’s: 2 glands on each corolla-lobe, 
Parryi, Torr. Leaves in 2’s or 3’s: corolla white, glands lunate-obcordate. 
nitida, Benth. Slender: light blue corolla often greenish spotted. 
albicaulis, Dougl. Similar but minutely puberulent: glands linear-oblong, 
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& MENYAN THES, Tournefort. 
1. M. trifoliata, L. Leaves 3-foliolate: flowers racemose: corolla bearded. 
2, M. Christa-galli, Menz. Leaves reniform: flowers eymose, crested. 
POLEMONIACER. 
Leaves entire, opposite: corolla salverform, rose-purple to white: stamens inserted at 
‘unequal heights: perennials...........+. a issteceaNasinn meicemies Sai Rad Nees ae era 1 
Leaves various; rarely all opposite and entire, then the stamens are inserted at equal 
heights: corolla from salverform and funnelform to almost rotate ..........+.+.+- 2 
Leaves simply pinnate, alternate; leaflets entire, apex sharp: corolla rotate to funnelform: 
atamens declined, hairy at base.... 2... cece cece cece eee e esc e ec wen eee reeecees 3 
1. PHLOX, Linnzus. 
Matted cushion-like, evergreen: leaves narrow, crowded, 3 to 6 lines long. 
Woolly, in mats 2 to 4 inches high: leaves imbricated, recurved........--.--++ 1 
Not woolly: leaves rigid, hispid-ciliate, sometimes recurved.... .....+-+eeeee+ 2 
Not woolly, less densely tufted: leaves narrower, less rigid..... eit Gag bets e tae a 3 
Loosely tufted: leaves linear to ovate, mostly exceeding an inch long. 
Leaves very narrowly linear, style long, slender........-.¢ceecererceeners 4,65 
Leaves linear to ovate: corolla usually 6 to 10 lines broad..............-6-- 6,7 
P. canescens, T. & G. Corolla white, 6 to 9 lines long, tube exserted. 
P. czspitosa, Nutt. Corolla tube a little exceeding the calyx lobes. 
P. Douglasii, Hook, Leaves with margins naked or ciliate at base. 
P. linearifolia, Gr. Much branched: leaves 1 or 2 inches long a line wide. 
P. longifolia, Nutt. Similar but lower and cells mostly 1-ovuled. 
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. adsurgens, Torr. Smooth leaves ovate or narrower: corolla-tube long. 
. speciosa, Pursh. Leaves lanceolate to linear: corolla tube and style shork 
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2. GILIA, Ruiz & Pavon. 
* Leaves opposite, at least below, palmately parted into linear or filiform divisions (entire i 
8 and rarely in 10), 
Diffusely branching to nearly simple stems: corolla nearly rotate to salverform. 
Flowers scattered on filiform pedicels..........csccescccccccsccuacecens 1to8 
Flowers sessile, a few together or solitary. .......... cee eeeeee cs ceeeeees B, 10 
