PINK AND RED GROUP 



of the corolla. Style, 3-lobed. Capsule, 3 -celled. Flowers, in 

 separate, few-flowered cymes, several on the stem, making a long 

 panicle, leafy below, and with 1 or 2 leaves under each small cyme. 

 18 inches to 3 feet high. Stem, often purple-spotted. June to 

 August. 



In rich woods, beside streams, Connecticut to Florida, 

 westward to Minnesota and Tennessee. 



Moss or Ground Pink 



P. subulkta, — Color, pink, sometimes white. The tubular 

 corolla has a darker center. Leaves, very narrow, thin, fascicled, 

 smaller ones clustered in the axils, irregularly arranged on the 

 short branches which are 2 to 6 inches long. Low plants growing 

 in tufts and mats, clinging to the ground. April to June. 



This is often cultivated, and formerly was a favorite flower 

 for massing in beds. It has a wild range from southern New 

 York to Florida, climbing up rocky hillsides or covering 

 rocks and sandy banks. (See illustration, p. 286.) 



Creeping Phlox 



P. stolonifera. — Color of corolla-lobes, purplish red or crimson. 

 Tube of corolla longer than in the preceding, and. flowers laiger, in 

 simple cymes on hairy pedicels. Calyx - tube also hairy, with 

 linear teeth, the tube about the same length as the teeth. Leaves, 

 opposite, sessile, ovate, blunt at apex, on the flowering stems. 

 Besides the flowering stems, which stand erect, 4 to 8 inches high, 

 there are sterile shoots, or runners, which creep along the ground 

 bearing smooth, thick, evergreen, inversely ovate leaves, narrowed 

 below into short petioles. May and June. 



In damp woods, Pennsylvania to Georgia and westward. 

 Found 4,500 feet high in Virginia. 



Downy Phlox 



P. pilosa. — Color, pink, with a purplish tinge, darker in the 

 center. Calyx and corolla, tubular. Calyx-teeth awl-pointed, a 

 little longer than the tube. Corolla-lobes inversely ovate, not 

 divided. Stamens, joined to the tube of the corolla, not pro- 

 jecting. Flowers, clustered at the ends of simple stems, in 

 cymes or short panicles. Leaves, opposite, sessile, roughish, the 

 lower near together, lance-shaped, heart-shaped at base, the 

 upper ones far apart, all tapering to a point. April to June. 



A lovely flower, growing in rather open and dry woods 

 from Connecticut and New Jersey south to Florida and 

 westward. 



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