PHLOX MACULATA. 



SPOTTED-STEMMED PHLOX. SPOTTED-STALKED LYCHNIDEA. 



Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Polemonia, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix deeply 5-cleft, prismatic. Corolla salver-form, border 5-lobed, flat ; lobes cune- 

 ate ; tube more or less curved. Filaments unequal. Stigma trifid. Cap- 

 sule roundish-ovate, 3-celled j cells 1-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, with the margins scabrous ; stem scabrous ; ra- 

 cemes corymbose j teeth of the calix acute. Sp. PL 



Root perennial. Stems numerous, obscurely quadrangular, finely 

 spotted with numerous purplish specks, and slightly scabrous. Lower 

 leaves lanceolate, smooth on both sides, crowded, nerveless, oppo- 

 site, acuminate, attenuated at base, and sub-sessile, the petiolar sup- 

 ports being connate. Costa conspicuously elevated on the under 

 surface, and depressed on the upper. The leaves towards the 

 apex of the flowering branches are broader, and cordate at base. 



