Polemontacce—Philex, 307 
and Ph. Carolina and Ph. ovata have semi-erect smooth stems 
and foliage, and small terminal crowded cymes of pink or 
purplish flowers with entire rounded petals. 
3. Ph. subulata (fig. 171).—This beautiful dwarf species 
grows in dense tufts, 
producing its pink, 
purple, or white 
flowers, with a darker 
centre, in great pro- 
fusion in early Spring. 
Leaves very narrow 
and usually clothed 
with hairs. But the 
variety called setdcea 
has them - nearly or 
quite smooth. There 
are white varieties in 
cultivation, under the 
Fig. 171. Phlox subulata. (} nat. size., 
names Nelsonti and nivalis. Ph. fronddsa of gardens is a 
variety of this species. Ncrth America. 
Fig. 172. Phlox Drummondii. (} nat. size.) 
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