98 Phlox metadata. 



becoming shorter as they approach the panicle until they are entirely 

 heart-shaped — all slightly scabrous on the margin, and of a pale-green 

 beneath. Flowers very numerous and showy, arranged in a cluster or 

 dense panicle. Peduncles short, each furnished with a minute, subulate, 

 scale-like bract. Calices narrow, discoloured, acute ; margins of 

 the segments membranaceous. Flowers rose-red. Petals obcuncate. 

 Tube an inch long, narrow and arcuate. Delights in damp meadows 

 and the margins of water courses; flowering in June and July; very 

 common. 



This is the most elegant of our native species of Phlox, and is well 

 worth cultivation in gardens, where it thrives exceedingly well 

 without any particular attention. Care, however, should be taken to 

 plant it in a moist and shady spot. Occasional varieties appear under 

 culture in which the petals are variously streaked with white. 



The table represents the plant of its natural size. 



