274 por.oi in] 



1. X. IN STflNIS. B'u > -lore. 



Leave* alte im aatifitLwithso . -,-i malobad : caJyx)^ the length 



©4 the ooroUa, .... a 'ate segments; toia* o/tAe corolla rami lei. slightly emargia- 

 ate \-anh:r.i Ba ;".'. ito : style hifid. A beautiful garden annual 6 to 8 inches 

 jfcs/n hranchod. Leaves 2 to 8 inches long, ]/ 2 inch wid -. the peti »le base! with 

 haira along each sid.-. l\d nicies very long .terete,- 1-hV.vcred. Vorolla skv blue, 

 while in the centre. .^fetters dark purple. June — Aug. 



X. A.TOMARIV, has whitj flowers, spotted with.broWn.or black, sometim.s fouud 

 kBptmltiratton. 



Order 77, POLEDIONIAOSiE;— Polemonium Family: 



Htrbs, with alterniti or opposite leave*, regular 5-merou* and 5-androti* /lowers, 

 hi lobes of the coroUacmvohi.tr In the bud. a S-eeUed ovary an I 'i-lobed stifle, th> cap- 

 sule & c e ll ed , l-valvtd, loctdicidal, few-manyseeded. Calyx 5 cleft, persistent. c> 



bolla with a 5-eleft berder. SlAHJBXS often unequal or aneq.n8>Uj inserted on the 

 tube of thy corolla. 



I. PHLOX, Linn. LYCHNraiA. 



Of . phlox, flame, an ancient name of Lychnis, transfered to this genu?. 



Calyx somewhat prismatic, the segments erect. Corol- 

 la salver-form, the tube slender, somewhat curved, the limb 

 flat, 5-lobed. Stamens very unequally inserted in the tube 

 of the corolla. Capsule ovoid, with a single seed in each 

 cell. — Chiefly perennial North American plants, with oppo- 

 site sesnk mostly entire leaves, and purple pink or white jlowtrs. in 

 open dusters terminator crowded 'in the upper axils, ci/mosc^ mostly 

 bracted. 



* Lobes of the corolla entire, P.rennials. . 



1. P. paniculata, L. Panided Phlox. 



Tall and stoat, smooth; leaves oblong-lanceolate; lanceolate and o?a*e-lanceclate, 

 acuminate, large, tapering at the base, the upper often heart-shaped at the base; 

 panicle pyramidal-corymbed, many-flowered; cxbjx-ieeih awn-pointed; corolla-lobes 

 obfcvate. 



Rich woods and meadows. cultivated in Hardens. June, July. Stem 2 to 3 feet 

 bicrfr. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. J5£to l 1 { Wide, the lower ones distinctly p» tioled. 

 Flowers ver y numerous, pink-purple varying to white, in a large oblong 1 rnxnol 

 panicle. Var. acuminata, (P. acuminata. Parch.) has the broad and acui 

 learo3 downy underneath, like the stem, which is likewise occasionally B] 

 below. 



2. P. MACULATA, L. Spotted Phlox. 



Smooth or slightly rooghish; s'em erect, simple, spotted with purple: lower I avst 

 lanceolate, the upper nearly ovate-lanceolate, rouul >d or Bom what heart-shaped 

 at the base; panicle oblong, thyrsoid or somewhat pyramidal; calyx-teeth triangn 

 lar-lanceolate, short, scarcely pointed. 



Rich- woods, moist meadows and river banks, common, often cultivated. June — 

 July. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, mostly simple, sometimes spotti d with dark purpla. 

 flowers mostly purple or crinn>pn ; toaietiince white, when it is P. suaveoiens, Ait. . 



