POLEMONIACEAE. Vor. ILI. 
<N 8. Phlox divaricata L. Wild Blue 
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mt S? Phlox. Fig. 3461. 
—S Phlox divaricata L. Sp. Pl. 152. 1753. 
Finely viscid-pubescent; stems ascending or 
diffuse, slender, producing creeping or ascend- 
ing leafy shoots from the base. Leaves of the 
sterile shoots oblong or ovate, obtuse, 1’-2’ 
long, those of the flowering stems lanceolate, 
ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, mostly acute or 
acutish; flowers pedicelled in open corymbed 
cymules, faintly fragrant; calyx-teeth subu- 
late, longer than the tube; corolla bluish, its 
lobes obcordate, emarginate or entire, not 
much longer than the tube, sometimes shorter; 
capsule oblong-globose, about 2” high. 
In moist woods, Quebec to Ontario, Minnesota, 
Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas. 
Ascends to 3700 ft. in Virginia. Sometimes called 
wild sweet william. April-June, 
g. Phlox stolonifera Sims. Crawling 
Phlox. Fig. 3462. 
Phlox stolonifera Sims, Bot. Mag. pl. 563. 1802. 
Phlox reptans Michx. Fl, Bor. Am, 1: 145. 1803. 
Hirsute or pubescent; stems slender, diffuse, 
producing sterile creeping leafy shoots from the 
base. Leaves of the sterile shoots obovate, obtuse 
at the apex, 1’-3’ long, narrowed at the base into 
petioles; flowering stems 4’-10’ high, their leaves 
oblong or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, smaller; 
flowers in a simple or barely compound cyme, 
slender-pedicelled; calyx-teeth linear-subulate, as 
long as the tube or longer; corolla pink, purple 
or violet, its lobes rounded, mostly entire, about 
one-half the length of the tube; capsule subglo- 
bose, 12” high. 
In woods, Pennsylvania to Georgia and Kentucky, 
mainly in the mountains. Ascends to 4500 ft. in 
Virginia. April-June. 
10. Phlox bifida Beck. Cleft Phlox. 
Fig. 3463. 
P. bifida Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 170. 1826. 
Puberulent or pubescent; stems diffuse, 
somewhat woody, much branched, slender, 
often 1° long, the branches erect or ascend- 
ing, 4’-8’ high. Leaves of sterile shoots 
linear, sessile, 1-2’ long, 1’-2” wide, acute, 
those of flowering branches linear-oblong or 
lanceolate, much shorter; flowers in simple 
cymes or solitary in the axils, slender-pedi- 
celled; pedicels 3-12” long; calyx-teeth lan- 
ceolate-subulate, somewhat longer than the 
tube; corolla pale purple, its lobes as long as 
the tube or somewhat shorter, cuneate, cleft 
to about, the middle into linear or oblong 
obtuse diverging segments; capsule oblong- 
globose, 1-14” high. 
In dry places, Indiana to Tennessee, Michigan 
and Missouri, April-June. 
