WATERLEAF FAMILY 201 
in. long; lobes notched at the apex, as long as the tube. Capsule 
oval, shorter than the calyx teeth. In moist, open woods.* 
6. P. Drummondii Hook. Drummonpv’s Puiox. Annual; stem 
erect or ascending, slender, weak, branching, glandular-downy, 6-12 
in. high. Leaves mostly alternate, lanceolate to oblong, downy, the 
upper clasping by a heart-shaped base. Corymbs loose. Flowers 
rather long-pediceled. Calyx tube short, the teeth lanceolate, bristle- 
pointed, soon recurved. Corolla purple to crimson or white; orifice 
of the tube usually with a white or yellowish star-like ring; lobes 
rounded at the apex. Ovary 3-seeded; angles of the seeds winged. 
Introduced from Texas and common everywhere in gardens.* 
7. P. subulata L. Grounp Pink, Moss Pinx, FLowErtne Moss. 
Stems perennial, prostrate, 8-18 in. long, with many short, somewhat 
upright branches, 2-4 in. high. Leaves linear-awl-shaped, stiff, about 
in. long, crowded, with clusters of smaller ones in their axils. Flower 
clusters 3-6-flowered. Corolla pink-purple, with a darker center, or some- 
times white. Forms dense. mats on rocky or sandy hillsides. S. and W. 
and often cultivated. 
II. POLEMONIUM L. 
Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnate. Flowers in 
corymbs. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Corolla wheel-shaped, 
the limb with 5 obovate lobes. Stamens borne on the throat 
of the corolla, the filaments enlarged and hairy below. Cap- 
sule ovoid, 3-celled, many-seeded. 
1. P. reptans L. Jacon’s LappER, BLuE VALERIAN, BLUEBELL. 
Stems smooth, branched, and leaning over, 6-12 in. high. Leaflets 
usually 7 or 9, about an inch long. Corolla blue, about 3 times as 
long as the calyx. Capsule 3-seeded, borne on a short stalk in the 
persistent calyx. Damp, open woods, sometimes cultivated. 
85. HYDROPHYLLACEZH. WaATERLEAF FAMILy 
Herbs, usually hairy. Leaves commonly alternate and alter- 
nate-lobed. Flowers with their parts in fives, in appearance 
not unlike those of the following family, in one-sided cymes, 
which are coiled up at first. Calyx free from the ovary, usually 
with appendages at the notches. Corolla often with scales or 
nectar-bearing folds inside. Stamens borne by the corolla tube. 
Style 2-cleft, or styles 2. Ovary entire and usually 1-celled. 
Fruit a capsule, 2-valved, 4-many-seeded, 
