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Alliance POLEMONIALES. 



Order POLEMONIACEiE. 



(Phlox Family.) 



This order is mostly noted for the beauty of its flowers. 



PHLOX, Linn. 



Druramondii, Hook. ; an. ; Texas. A ."B. 



Perennial Varieties, the produce of P. paniculata and P. 

 maculosa — 



Beautiful. B. Madame La Comtesse Duchatel. B. 



Cliarles Turner. B. Madame Moisset. B. 



La Croix. B. Madame Quinessen. B. 



G-randiflora. B. Mons. Eafferon. B. 



Heynholdi. B. Nana compacta. B. 



Jules Favre. B. JN"e plus ultra. B. 



GILIA, Ruiz et Pav. B. 



coronopifolia, Pers. (Ipomopsis elegans, 8m.) ; an. ; Carolina. A.B. 

 tricolor, Benth. ; an. ; California. B. 



CANTUA, Juss. 



buxifolia, Lam. ; sli. ; Peru. B. 

 pyrifolia, Juss. ; sb. ; Peru. B. 



COB^EA, Cam. 



scandens, Cav. ; cl. ; Mexico. A.B. 



Order HYDROPHYLLACEiE. 



(Waterleaf Family.) 

 The order is mostly noted for its gay garden flowers. 



Tribe Hydrophylle.ze. 

 NEMOPHILA, Nutt. 



insignis, Benth. ; an. ; California. A.B. 



Tribe PhaceltejE. 

 PHACELIA, Juss. 



congesta, Hook. ; an. ; North America. B. 



TkIBE JNAMEiE. 



WIGANDIA, H.B. et K. 



caracasana, H.B. et K. ; sh. ; Mexico. A.B. 



Order BORAG-INEiE. 



(Borage Family.) 

 A demulcent mucilaginous property pervades this order ; some furnish dyes. 



Tribe Cordiejs. 

 COEDIA, Linn. 



Myxa, Linn. ; Sebestan-fruit ; tr. ; Tropics. A.B. 

 var. latif olia ; tr. ; Tropics. A.B. 



The bark is made into ropes in India, and the fruit eaten. Weight of wood very variable — 

 23 to 42 lbs. ; the average said to be about 33 lbs. the cubic foot. 



Tribe HELioiROPiEiE. 

 TOUENEFOETIA, Linn. 



heliotropioides, Hook. ; Buenos Ayres. A.B. 



