130 POLEMONTACE^. Phlox. 



Var. Candida, Michx., is a white-flowered form, commonly with spotless stem. — 

 P. suaveolens, Ait. 1. c, fide Benth. P. tardiflora, Penny, fide Benth. P. longiflora, Sweet,' 

 1. c. ser. 2, t. 31. With the ordinary form. , 



# # Stems, at least the flowering ones, ascending or erect : eymides corymbed or sometimes sim- 

 ple : flowers chiefly pedicelled : lobes of the corolla broad, obovate or obcordate. 



H— Calyx-teeth lanceolate or triangular-subulate : whole plant glabrous or nearly so, never viscid : 

 stems ascending or erect : pedicels equalling or shorter than the calyx : lobes of the pink or rose- 

 red corolla rounded and entire : fl. early summer. 



P. OVata, L. Stems rather low, ascending from a decumbent or creeping base: leaves 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate, the uppermost often subcordate and the lowest tapering into a 

 margined petiole: calyx-teeth short and broad, ovate or triangular-lanceolate, acute. — 

 Bot. Mag. t. 528 ; Gray, 1. k. P. Carolina, L. Spec. ed. 2, i. 216 ; Bot. Mag. t~I^£) a taller 

 form, with narrower more tapering leaves and pointed calyx-teeth, approaching the next 

 species. P.latifolia, Michx. Fl. i. 143. P. triflora, Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 29. — Open 

 woods, from Alabama northward in the mountain region to Pennsylvania. 



P. glaberrima, L. Stems taller and erect : leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, or the 

 uppermost narrowly ovate-lanceolate, tapering gradually to an acute point, firm in texture, 

 almost veinless, bright green and glossy above, often with revolute margins : calyx-teeth 

 triangular- or lanceolate-subulate, very sharp-pointed. — Spec. 1. u. 152 ; Sweet, Brit. Fl. 

 Gard. ser. 2, t. 36; Benth. in DC. 1. c. P. revoluta, Aikin in Eaton, Man. — Prairies and 

 open woodlands, N. Virginia and Ohio to "Wisconsin and south to Florida. 



Var. suffruticosa, a form with more rigid stems, either smooth or scabrous, or the 

 inflorescence strongly roughipuberulent, and the upper leaves broadly lanceolate, verging 

 to narrow-leaved forms of the preceding species. — P. suffruticosa, Will d. Enu m. 200 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 68. P. nitida, Pursh, Fl. ii. 730. P. Carolina, Sims, Bot. Mag. t\134jj Sweet, 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 190, not L. P. triflora, Michx. Fl. i. 143 ? P. carnea, Sims,' Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2155, smooth form. P. Carolina, var. nitida & var. puberula, Benth. in DC. 1. e. — Georgia 

 and Tennessee to Florida and Louisiana. 



H— -[— Calyx-teeth long and slender : flowering stems erect, ascending, or sometimes spreading, at 

 least the summit and the calyx more or less hairy or glandular-pubescent : fl. in spring. 



++ No runners or prostrate sterile shoots. 



P. Ploridana, Benth. Stems erect and strict, a foot or two high, slightly hairy or nearly 

 glabrous below, as are the lanceolate-linear or broadly linear rather rigid leaves, the 

 summit and the corymb glandular : teeth of the glandular-pubescent calyx lanceolate- 

 setaceous : lobes of the light purple corolla roundi'sh-obovate, entire. — Prodr. I.e. 304; 

 Chapm. Fl. 309. — Dry open woods, Florida, Chapman, Rugel. Foliage, &c, nearly as in 

 the preceding, the calyx approaching the following. 



P. pilosa, L. Villous-hairy, pubescent, or sometimes glabrate : stems erect, slender (a 

 foot or two high) : leaves linear or lanceolate, usually tapering gradually from near the 

 sessile base to the acute point : corymb at length loose : teeth of the hairy more or less 

 viscous calyx subulate-setaceous or awn-like : lobes of the (pink, purple, rose, or sometimes 

 white) corolla obovate and_entire. — Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1307 ; Lodd. Cab. t. 1251. P. aris- 

 tata, Michx. ; Lodd: Cab. ,t, 1731 ; Torr. Fl. N. Y. ii. t. 80. P. cuspidata, Scheele in Linn, 

 xxiii. 139. — Dry or sandy woods, prairies, fc., from New Jersey to Iowa and Saskatche- 

 wan, and south to Florida and Texas. Very variable as to foliage and pubescence. 

 Slender southern forms pass into 



Var. detonsa, Gray. Smoother or almost glabrous, but corymb and calyx more or 

 less pubescent : except in the calyx nearly approaches narrow-leaved forms of P. glaberrima. 



— Proe. Am. Acad. 1. c. P. aristata, Benth., partly. — Alabama and Florida to Texas. 



P. amdena, Sims. Softly villous-pubescent, or sometimes hirsute: stems ascending, 

 simple (a span or two high) : leaves erectish, short, oblong-lanceolate or nearly linear, 

 seldom acute, the uppermost subtending or involucrating the compact cymose cluster: 

 calyx-teeth narrow-subulate, very acute, but not awn-tipped : lobes of the (purple or 

 pink, seldom white) corolla (half inch long) almost equalling the tube, obovate, entire, or 

 rarely emaginate. — Bot. Mag. t. 1308; Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 1. c. 251. P. pilosa, Walt., 

 Michx., &c, not L. P. pilosa, var. Waited, Gray, Man. ed. 2. P. Walteri, Chapm. Fl. 1. c. 

 P. procumbens, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 372, not Lehm. P. inmlucrata, Wood, Classbook, 1861, 568. 



— Hills and dry barrens, Virginia and Kentucky to Florida. 



