CENUS I. PHLOX FAMILY. 
11. Phlox Stellaria A. Gray. Chick- 
weed Phlox. Fig. 3464. 
Pies Stellaria A, Gray, Proc, Am, Acad, 8: 252. 
1870, 
Glabrous or puberulent; stems diffuse, some- 
what woody, much branched, the branches 
nearly erect, 3-8 high. Leaves all linear, or 
linear-lanceolate, sessile, acute, 1’-2’ long, 
1-14” wide; flowers in simple cymes or soli- 
tary in the axils, slender-pedicelled; calyx- 
teeth subulate-lanceolate, shorter than the 
tube; corolla pale blue or nearly white, its 
lobes cuneate, 2-lobed at the apex, nearly as 
long as the tube. 
On cliffs, southern Illinois and Kentucky and 
in Tennessee, April-May. 
vet 
12. Phlox Kélseyi Britton. Kelsey’s 
Phlox. Fig. 3465. 
P. Kelseyi Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 19: 225. 1892. 
Many-stemmed from a woody root, the 
stems spreading, creeping, or ascending, some- 
times 8” long, glabrous, or slightly pubescent 
above, very leafy. Leaves oblong, or linear- 
oblong, sessile, glabrous, or nearly so 3-12” 
long, 1-2’ wide, or the upper longer and 
narrower, thick, rigid, the apex  spinose- 
mucronate, the revolute margins ciliate; flow- 
ers sessile or short-peduncled; peduncles and 
calyx somewhat glandular-pubescent or gla- 
brous; calyx-teeth subulate, as long as the 
tube or longer; corolla-tube somewhat exceed- 
ing the calyx, the limb about 8” broad, blue 
or lilac, the obovate-cuneate lobes rounded or 
truncate. 
North Dakota to Nebraska, Montana and Wyo- 
ming, May-June. 
13. Phlox subulata L. Ground or Moss {\\ ’ & 
Pink. Fig. 3466. 
in ig. 34 We Ni 
Phlox subulata L. Sp. Pl. 152. 1753. 
Pubescent or becoming glabrate. Stems tufted, 
forming mats, diffuse, much branched, the 
branches 2’-6’ long. Leaves persistent, subulate- 
linear, linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute or 
acuminate, 4’-10” long, 34”-1” wide, spreading, 
ciliate, rigid, commonly fascicled at the nodes; 
flowers in simple cymes, slender-pedicelled; 
calyx-teeth subulate from a broader base, about 
as long as the tube; corolla pink, purple or white, 
with a darker eye, its lobes emarginate or entire, 
shorter than the tude; capsule oblong, nearly 2” 
high. 
In dry sandy or rocky soil, New York to Florida, 
west to Michigan and Kentucky. Ascends to 3500 
ft. in West Virginia. Wild or mountain-pink. Flower- ¢ 
ing moss. April-June. 
