Okder 92.— POLEMONIACEjE. 569 



1 to 2' long, acute, the lower tapering to the base, the upper broad and clasping 

 at base, the floral linear setaceous. Pedicels diverging, as long as the calyx which 

 • is half as long as the corolla tube. Cor. of a peculiar light but brilliant grayish 

 blue. Apr., May. 

 /3. Laphamii. Lvs. ovate, pet. obtuse, entire. — Wis. (Lapham) Western Re- 

 serve (Covvles) and southward, not uncommon. 



9 P. Drummondii Hook. Drdmmojjd's Lychnidea. Erect, dichotomously 

 branched, glandular-pilous ; lvs. mostly alternate, oblong or lanceolate, scabrous ; 

 corymb dense-flowered ; cal. hairy, segm. lanceolate, setaceous, elongated, revo- 

 Itiie; cor. tube pilous, segm. obovate, entire. — ©Banks of Mint R., S. E. Ga. I and 

 Tex. • One of the handsomest spoSies of the genus, common in cultivation. 

 "Whole plant glabular-scabrous, 8 to 12'. high. Pis. very showy, all shades from 

 white to dark purple, and exquisitely fflmciled with a star. May, Jn. 



10 P. bifida Beck. Low, assurgontAiffusely branched, puberulent ; lvs. am- 

 plexicaul, subrevolute on the margin^aoutish, lower lance-ovate, upper lance- 

 linear ; corymbs very loose, 2^5-flowered ; cal. segments linear, acute ; cor. tube 

 curved, segments deeply bifid. — A very distinct species, and very rare, in Mo. 

 (Beck), Cass Co., 111. (Mead). Stem brownish-purple, slender, 6' high. Leaves 

 12 — 15" by 1 — 2", lower much shorter. Pedicels 1' long. Cor. purple, tube 

 much curved. Apr. 



11 P. subulata (and P. setacea L.) Moss Pink. Procumbent, csspitous, much 

 branched, pubescent ; lvs. rigid, subulate or linear-subulate, ciliate, fascicled in 

 the axils ; cal. teeth linear-subulate, very acute ; cor. lobes cuneate, emarginate. 

 Rocky hills, Penn. to Ga. and Ky., abundant in its localities, in dense, turfy 

 masses, spangled over in May with rose-colored flowers. Corymb, 3 — 6-fiowered. 

 Cor. white or pink, deeper purple in the center. May. f 



2. POLEfflO'WIUM, L. Greek Valeriak. (Gr. TroAe^iOf, war; 

 Pliny relates that two kings fouoht for the merit of its discovery.) 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-clcft; corolla rotate-campanulate, limb 5-lobed, 

 erect, tube short ; stamens declined, equally inserted at the throat, fila- 

 ments with hairy appendages at base ; capsule 3-cclled, 3-valved, cells 

 many-seeded. — Herbs with alternate, pinnately divided lvs. Fls. ter- 

 minal. 



1 P. r^ptaus L. St. smooth, branching, diffuse; lvs. pinnately 1 — W-foliaie, 

 leaflets oval-lanceolate, aaiie ; fls. terminal, nodding ; cells of caps. 2 — 3-seeded. — 

 y Woods and damp grounds. Wis. to N. T. and mts. of S. Car. Stem 12 — 18' 

 high, weak, fleshy. Leaflets mostly 1, subopposite, smooth, entire, sessile, an 

 inch long and half as wide. Segments of the calyx lanceolate-acute, persistent, 

 much shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla blue, lobes short, rounded at 

 the ends. Anthers introrse. Root creeping. May. f 



2 P. coertileum L. St. smooth, simple, erect; lvs. pinnately 11 to 11-foliaie, 

 segm. acuminate ; fls. erect ; cal, equaling the tube of the corolla ; cells of caps. 6 

 to 10-seeded. — ® A handsome plant, in gardens. Sts. clustered, about 2f high, 

 hollow, stout, each dividing at top into a corymhous panicle. Lvs. mostly radi- 

 cal, on loDg, grooved petioles ; Ifts. all sessile, ovate-lanceolate, subopposite, 

 oblique, odd one lanceolate. Ms. terminal, suberect. Cor. blue, 6" diam. f Eur. 



3. GIL'IA, Euiz & Pavon. (Named for P. S. Gilio, a Spanish 

 botanist.) Calyx 5-cleft, segments acute ; corolla tube long or short, 

 limb regularly 5-lobed ; stamens 5, equally inserted at top of the tube ; 

 disk cup-form ; capsule oblong or ovoid, few or many-seeded. — Herbs 

 with alternate, pinnatifid lvs. Fls. paniculate, capitate or scattered, 

 elegant and showy, lilac purple to white. 



§ 1. 'Ipomopsis. Corolla fnnnel-form, the tube innoh exserted STo. 1 



§2. GiLiA proper. Cor. lobes sabvevolute, tube inclniied in calyx No. 2 



I Gr. coronopifolia Pers. Standing Cypress. St. strictly erect, tall, hairy; 

 lvs. crowded, pinnatifid with subulate divisions; thyrse elongated, with very short 



