54 POLEMONIACEAE. Vou. IIT. 
2. Phlox amplifélia Britton. Large-leaved 
Phlox. Fig. 3455. 
Phlox amplifolia Britton, Man. 757. 1901. 
Stem villous or glandular-villous, at least above, 
2°-33° high. Leaves large and broad, 23’-6’ long, 
13’-23’ wide, roughish above, the upper sessile, the 
lower ones, or some of them, narrowed, usually 
abruptly, into winged petioles which are sometimes 
one-third as long as the blade; flowers similar to 
those of P. paniculata, the inflorescence often 1° 
long; calyx glandular-villous; corolla-tube glabrous, 
a lobes obovate, rounded or retuse; capsules 4-5” 
ong. 
Woods and thickets, Indiana to Missouri, Kentucky 
and Tennessee. June-Aug. , 
3. Phlox maculata L. Wild Sweet- 
William. Fig. 3456. 
Phlox maculata L. Sp. PL. 152. 1753. 
Phlox suaveolens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 206. 1789. 
Stem slender, erect, simple or branched above, 
glabrous or puberulent, usually flecked with pur- 
ple, 14°-3° high. Leaves lanceolate or the upper 
ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, rather firm, long- 
acuminate, sessile, rounded or subcordate at the 
base, 2’-5’ long, widest just above the base, the 
lowest sometimes  linear-lanceolate; flowers 
short-pedicelled, the compact cymules forming 
an elongated narrow thyrsoid panicle; calyx- 
teeth triangular-lanceolate, acute, or acuminate, 
about one-fourth the length of the tube; corolla 
pink or purple, rarely white, its lobes rounded, 
shorter than the tube; capsule similar to that of 
the two preceding species. 
In moist woods and along streams, Connecticut 
to Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Mississippi. Oc- 
casionally escaped from gardens further north. 
P. maculata var. céndida Michx. (P. suaveolens 
Ait.) is a race with white flowers and- unspotted 
stem, occurring with the type. June-Aug. 
4. Phlox ovata L. Mountain Phlox. 
Fig. 3457. 
Phlox ovata L, Sp. Pl. 152. 1753. 
Phlox carolina L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 216. 1762. 
SA 
LeSSF 
Glabrous or nearly so throughout; stems sim- 
ple, slender, ascending from a decumbent base, 
1°-2° high. Leaves rather firm, the upper ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, sessile by a rounded or sub- 
cordate base, acute at the apex, 1’-2’ long, the 
lower and basal ones longer, oblong or ovate- 
oblong, acute at both ends, narrowed into slender 
often margined petioles; flowers short-pedicelled 
in corymbed or sometimes simple cymes; calyx- 
teeth lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, acute, or 
acuminate, one-third to one-half the length of 
the tube; corolla pink or red, its lobes obovate, 
rounded, entire. © 
SF _In woods, Pennsylvania to North Carolina, Geor- 
—S gia and Alabama, mostly inthe mountains. May-Aug. 
