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Wh-n the lower branch >s of the panicle ara elongated so as to form a pyra-miial 

 panicle, it is P. pj raulid ilis, ^mith. 



3. P. OaRO JNA, L. Carolina Phlox. 



Smooth; stem ra'.her slender, branched at tho base, ascending; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolaU or th( up] -lanceolate, acute, tho lower with a slender tapering 



base, the upper sessi ■ I I ■ - ■■ m '.rgins rc-Tolute; a:lyx-ieeth short-acu- 



nfinate ; voroU » tube - aerAte- entire. 



Open woo.!-! an I uot conn m. June, July. Stem 1 to 2 feet high 



from a decn .1 teat or ci •• ing base. Lt ives 2 to 4 inches long, mostly quit* nar- 

 t° w i ! ■■<. lo /": ' ll '''' 1 wide, thick asi i shining! Flowers large, pink-purple, 15 to 26 iu 

 a corymbose pani ;1 •. 



4. P. PILOSA, L. Hairy Phlox. 



Downy-hairy tfiroughoutl ;k/nr s!eul -r, rath r upright; leaves lance-linear, or 

 narrowly acute, the uppermost broadest at the base ; Jlowers loosely corymbed ; 

 cityx-tceth hairy, very long, awn-like; cor /R.t-ldbis ©borate, entire. 



Barrens and wet pla as, May, J'in;. SUm 10 to 20 inuhes high, weak. leaves 

 \% to 3 in-he ' on .: ' ' j ' 2 iu-h wide, with the margins rovolute. Flowers roso- 

 purplo or pale, the x>roila-iube a thurd Ion g«r than the long, slander teeth of the 

 ealyx. 



5. P. REPTENS, Michx. Creeping Phlox. 



Pubescent; stem erect with procumbent suckers at base;- lower leaves roundish- 

 obovate, thick, those of the stem small, oval or oblong, obtuse; eymt simple, 3 to 

 8-flowercd ; calyx-terih linear-awl-.shaped. 



Damp wo ids and rocky places, rare. April, May. Runners creeping and bear- 

 ing roundish-obovate leaves, tapering into .-hurt margined petioles. SU:m low, 4 to 

 lg inob.es high, ascending, clammy-pubescent, with leaves y 2 to % inch long, }\ K> 

 ]/ A wide, remote. Flowers large, reddish-purple or crimson. 



* * Lobes of the corolla notched at the end. Perennial. 



6. P. DIVARICATA, L. Early -flower ing Phlox. 



Minutely dewny, loosely branched from the base, the flowering sttmi ascending; 

 leaves oval-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse; cyme corymbose-panicled, loosely flowered; 

 calyx-teeth linear-awl-iihaped; corolla-lobes inversely heart-shaped. 



Rooky damp woods and fence-rows, common. May. F lowering-stemt 9 to 15 

 inehe» high. Upper liwes nearly claspiug and often alternate. Flowers large, of 

 a peculiar brilliant grayish-blue color. 



7. P. SUBULATA, L. Moss Pink. Mountain Pink. 



Minutely downy; tufted, procumbent, much branched; leaves awl-ihaped or 

 narrow-linear, somewhat rigid, crowded and with numerous smaller onei clustered 

 in the axils ; corymb few-flowered ; calyx-teeth awl-shaped ; corolla-lobes wedge-shaped, 

 emarginate. 



Dry hills and sandy banks, common. April, May. A showy plant, forming low 

 ninttcd and prostrate tufts, often cultivated in gardens. Stem to 12 inches long, 

 with numerous assurgent branches, 2 to 8 inobes high. Leaves % inch long. 

 Flowirs pink-purple or rose-color rarely white with a purple centre, 6 to * in one 

 eorymb. 



* * * Lobes of the eorolla triiire. Annual. 



8. P. Drummondh, Hook. Drummonds' Phlox. 



Erect, dichotomously branched, glandular-pilose; leaves oblong or lancelate, 

 scabrous; corymb donse-flowered; cdlyx hairy, segments -lanceolate, eetacecus, 

 elongated, rcvolute ; corolla-tube pilose, segments obovate entire. July, Aug. A 

 beautiful annual species, native of Texas, common in cultivation. .Skat 8 to 12 

 inches high, and with the leaves rough-glandular. Flowers yery showy, all shades 

 from white to dark-purple, with a deeper colored centre. 



