POLEMONIACEAE (POLEMONIUM FAMILY) 



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reddish flowers in a raceme on a naked scape, and short funnel- 

 form corolla bearded inside. 



M. trifoliata, Buckbean. In bogs 

 and shallow water. April to June. 



POLEMONIACEAE 



(PoLEMONiuM Family) 



Herbs, with alternate or opposite 

 leaves, regular flowers with 5 sta- 

 mens, ^-lobed style, and a 2-<^elled 

 ovary becoming a capsule. 



Menyanthes trifoliata, Buckbean. 



PHLOX 



Perennials with opposite, sessile, and entire leaves. Cymose 

 flowers terminal or crowded in the upper axils. Salver-form 

 corolla with- a long tube that includes the very unequally inserted 

 stamens. 



P. paniculata, Panicled Phlox. Stem stout, erect, smooth or 

 somewhat hairy above; leaves oblong-lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed, the upper often heart-shaped at base; panicle pyramidal; 

 calyx-tube awn-pointed; corolla pink-purple varying to white. Open 

 woods. July to September. 



P. maculata. Wild Sweet William. Smooth or slightly roughish; 

 stem slender, erect, spotted with purple ; lower leaves lanceolate, upper 

 nearly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the apex from the broad rounded 

 or heart-shaped base; panicle narrow, ellipsoid; calyx-teeth triangular- 

 lanceolate, short, scarcely pointed; corolla pink-purple. Rich woods 

 and along streams. June to September. 



P. pilosa. Pilose Phlox. Stems slender, nearly erect, usually hairy, 

 as are the lanceolate or linear leaves which taper to a sharp point; 

 cymes at length open; calyx-teeth slender, awl-shaped and awn-like; 

 corolla pink-purple or rose-red. Dry woods. May, June. 



P. divaricata. Blue Phlox. Stems spreading or ascending from a 

 decumbent base; leaves oblong-ovate or lanceolate, acutish; cyme 

 spreading, loosely flowered ; calyx-teeth slender awl-shaped ; lobes of 

 the pale lilac or bluish corolla obcordate or wedge-obovate and notched 

 at the end, or sometimes entire. Rocky woods. May, June. 



