678 HYDEOPHYLLACEAE (^VVATEKLBAF FAMILY) 



4. PHACELIA Juss. 



Corolla open-bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Filaments slender, often (with the 2-oleft 

 style) exserted ; anthers ovoid or oblong. Ovary with 2 linear placentae adher- 

 snt to the walls, the two often forming an imperfect partition in the ovoid 

 4-many-seeded capsule. Ovules 2-30 on each placenta. — Perennial or mostly 

 annual herbs, with simple, lobed, or divided leaves, and often handsome (blue, 

 purple, or white) flowers in scorpioid raceme-like cymes (to which the name, 

 from (pdKeXos, a fascicle, doubtless alludes). 



§ 1. BUPHACfeLIA Gray. Seeds ayid ovules only 4 {two on each placenta); 

 corolla campanulate, with narrow folds or appendages within, the lobes 

 entire. 



1. P. bipinnatifida Michx. Biennial ; stem upright, hairy, 2.6-6 dm. high ; 

 leaves long-petioled, pinnately .3-5-divided, the divisions ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 acute, coarsely and often sparingly cut-lobed or pinnatifld ; racemes elongated, 

 loosely many-flowered, glandular-pubescent; pedicels about the length of the 

 calyx, spreading or recurved ; corolla bright blue, 1-1.5 cm. broad, with 5 pairs 

 of longitudinal cihate folds ; stamens bearded below and with the style exserted. 

 — Rich shaded banks, 0. to Mo., and southw. May, June. 



§ 2. COSMANTHUS (Nolte) Gray. Ovules and seeds as in § 1 ; corolla almost 

 rotate, with fimbriate lobes, and no appendages within ; filaments villous- 

 bearded, rarely exserted; leave^ pinnatifid, the upper clasping. 



2. P. Piirshii Buckley. Sparsely hairy ; stem erect or ascending, branched, 

 1.5-5 dm. high ; lobes of the stewr-leaves 5-9, oblong or lanceolate, acute ; racem,e 

 many-flowered; calyx-lobes lance-linear; corolla light blue, varying to white, 

 1 cm. or so broad. — Moist woods, etc.'. Pa. to Minn., and southw.; locally 

 introd. in e. Out. and Ct. Apr.-June. 



3. P. fimbrikta Michx. Slightly hairy, slender ; stems spreading or ascend- 

 ing, 1-3 dm. long, few-leaved ; lowest leaves divided into 3-5 roundish leaflets ; 

 the upper 5-7-cleft or cut-toothed, the lobes obtuse; raceme S-10-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes linear-oblong, obtuse, becoming spatulate ; corolla white, barely 1 

 cm. broad. — Woods, high mts. , Va. to Ala. May, June. 



§3. COSMANTHOtDES Gray. Ovules and seeds 2-8 on each placenta; 

 corolla rotate or campanulate, with entire lobes and no appendages. 



i. P. aiibia (L.) Small. Somewhat hairy, slender, diffusely spreading, 1-3 

 dm. high ; leaves pinnately cleft or the lower divided into 3-5 short lobes ; 

 racemes solitary, loosely 5-15-flowered ; pedicels filiform, mostly longer than 

 the oblong calyx-lobes ; corolla open-campanulate, bluish-white, 8-14 mm. 

 broad; filaments hairy ; capsule globular, 6-12-seeded, one half shorter than the 

 calyx. " (P. parviflora Pursh.) — Shaded banks, N. Y. to Kan., and southw. 

 Apr.-June. 



5. P. hlrsuta Nutt. More hirsute and less slender ; corolla larger, 13-15 mm. 

 in diameter; seeds 4-8. — Prairies and barrens, Va. to Kan., and southw. 



6. P. CoviUei Watson. Like the preceding; racemes 2-6-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes linear, in fruit 6 mm. long or more ; corolla tubular-eampanulate,,witli 

 erect limb ; filaments glabrous ; capsule depressed-globose ; seeds 4, large. — 

 Alluvial soil, D. C. ; "111." Apr., May. 



§4. EtiTOCA (R.Br.) Gray. Ovules and seeds numerous on eacfi. placenta ; 

 corolla rotate-campanulate, with 10 vertical lamellae within. 



7. P. Frankllnii (R. Br.) Gray. Soft-hairy; stem -sreet, 2-6 dm. high, 

 rather stout ; leaves pinnately parted into many lanceolate or oblong-lineai 

 lobes, which are crowded and often cut-toothed or pinnatifld ; racemes short, 

 dense, crowded into an oblong spike; calyx-lobes linear; corolla blue. — Dry 

 soil and recent clearings, Ont. and Mich, to the Rocky Mts., and far nonhw. 

 June-Aug. 



