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3, P. divauicata, L. Stem decumbent, pubescent; leaves oval-Ian? 

 cpolate, or lance-ovate, acute, smoothish, membranaceous, margin ciliate* 

 panicle loose, corymbose, somewhat trichotomous ; peduncles diverging; 



calyx-segments linear, acute ; lobes of the corolla emarginate. Heck, 

 Hot. p. 247. 

 Divaricate Phlox. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stems 9 to 15 inches long, numerous, spreading, dj* 

 cumbent, some of them nearly procumbent (resembling stoloncs) y with erect 

 branch's. Leaves an inch to an inch and half long, and half an inch to 3 quarters 

 wKie, sparingly pilose, thin and somewhat membranaceous; those on the suckers, 

 or young branches, lance-oval, nearly acute at base ; those on the flowering stems 

 Lincc-ovite, the upper pairs distant, somewhat cordate and amplcxicaul at base. 

 Ponie/e terminal, loose, few-flowered, subtricholomous; peduncles often dichoto> 

 inous.subdivaricatc, somewhat glandular-pubescent, half an inch to 3 quarters in 

 length; brarts lanceolate. Calyx-segments long, linear, erect, ciliate-pu be scent. 

 Corolla bluish or dark purple; tube about 3 fourths of an inch long, slightly curved. 

 smooth. Style shori; stigma 3-clcri; segments lunger than the style. 

 Hub. Banks of Schuylkill, below Black Rock: n<>t common. IH. May. Ft. July. 



Obs. First o llected, here, by 1). Townsend, Esq. in 1S31. 



I. P. hbptaks, Mx. Stem erect, with procumbent stoloncs or suck- 

 ers at base, pubescent ; radical leaves spatulate-obovate, petiolate ; stem 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile ; corymb few-flowered, divaricate ; calyx- 

 segments long-lanceolate, acute, recurved ; lobes of the corolla roundish- 

 ehovatc. Becky Bot. />. 247. 



P. stolonifera. Pursh, Jm. 1. p 150. Lindl. Ency. />. 132. 

 CaBEpiso Phlox, 



Root perennial. Stem \ to G or 9 inches high, with procumbent or assureent 

 suckers branching off in all directions from the base, bearing obovate subsessile- 

 leaves. Leaves about an inch long, and half an inch wide, thickish, or a little sue- 

 culent, all more or less pilose, and ciliate on the margin. Pubescence transpa- 

 rent, somewhat glandular, and apparently articulated (under a lens). Calyx-seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, keeled, pilose. Corolla deep purple, large; tube about on 

 inch long, a little urved. smooth. Style filiform, as long as the tube of the corolla* 

 liab. Hilly upland; near Paoli: very rare. Ft May! Fr. July. 



Obs. This beautiful species was detected in 1831, by Mr. Geo. W. Hall, on a 

 bank about one and a half miles S. E. from Paoli,— the well known residence of 

 Gen. Joshua Evans. I believe it has not been found elsewhere, in Chester County. 



5. P. subulata, L. Stem procumbent, cespitose, much branched ; 

 branches assurgent, pubescent ; leaves linear-subulate, rigid, ciliate ; co- 

 rymbs few-flowered ; calyx-segments subulate ; lobes of the corolla cu- 

 neate, emarginate. Beck, Bot. p. 247. 



Subulate Phlox. Vulgo— Mountain Pink. Ground Pink, 



Root perennial , creeping. Stem prostrate, 8 to 12 or 18 inches lone, with nume- 

 rous assurgent branches 2 to4 inches high. Leaves about half an inch long, nar- 

 row, lance -linear, cuspidate, sessile, opposite, generally with smaller leavrs, or 

 rudiments of branches, in the axils; those on the stem fasciculate. Corymb 3 to 6- 

 flowered. Calyx viliose; segments keeled, scarcely half as long as the tube of the 

 cftrolla. Corolla pink, or bright purple, with a darker purple centre— (sometimes 

 white); tube about half an inch long, a little curved, smooth. Style filiform, near 

 ly as long as the tube of the corolla. 



