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•i p. Maculata. Stem erect, terete, dotted, sprinkled with glandular hairs. 

 Lttave* pf^-iilf, ..vaie-Ianciulaic, acute, with scabrous ninrj^iiis. FIou\ts in 

 aJternatt >. r<i/^x with subulate segiuenis, angled. CWo//a with ol> 



ova'e ruuiium .-^^nicnts. 



Piiqile. % May — July. Rich soils. Conunon. 2-3 feet. 



~. P. Car i:...vA. ~ ct, pub«sccnt. Z^</r<\t ovatc-lancculatc, acute, 



glabruus. lliutrs i i ^ ate corviubsi Co/yj glabrous, with lineur-lancc- 

 olate teeth ; Miimenis ot tiie corolla rounded. 



Furplc. 4- July— Stpt. Upper districts of Carolina. 

 8. P. NiTiDA. iS/rtw erect, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, somewhat 

 c IS. /'/oi.tr.v in las^tigeaie corymbs; segments ot the calyx linear- 



is. . (-', acuminate, those ot" the corolla obovate. 



I'lirple. %. Way — June. Middle Carolina, Georgia. 



y. P. Grjinr-RRIMA. Stem erect, glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, or 

 oval-lanctnlait, glabrous, l«)ng, smooth. Flowers \n terminal corymbs; seg- 

 ments ui ilie caiw acute, hnear-lanccolate, ot the corolla, nearly round. 

 i>!uc. ^1 Alay— June. Low country. 1-2 feet. 



10. P. Akistata. iS^wi erect, slender, pubescent. Leat'*^ linear. Flow- 

 ers few, corymbose : segments of the calyx awned ; tube of the corolla curv- 

 ed ; Ptiiiiients obovate. 



Purple. Ij.- May— June. Upper Districts of Carolina. 



11. P. PiLosA. SttTii erect, villous, purple, covered with a white pube*- 

 cence. Learns hnear-lanceolate, or ovate lanceolate, pubescent, sessile, with 

 revolute inurgins. F/ott>er» in fasiigeate corymbs, bracteate ; segments of the 

 calyx hairy, at ute, subulate, those of the corolla obovate or acute. 



Purple. 2|. March — April. Rich soils. 12-18 inches. 



12. P. A-MtEVA. Stem decumbent, assurgent, hirsute. Liaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. FluutTs numerous, in corymbs; segments of the calyx subulate, 

 tboee of the corolla obtuse. 



Purple. %- May — June. Southern Georgia. 



13. P. Div -V. Sft'm erect, smooth, with divaricate branches. Lfaves 

 remote, ovat . ranou?, sessile, upper ones alternate. Flowers in cor) nibs, 

 scattered ; segiacntd of the calyx subulate. 



Purple. 1|.. April. Swamps. 1-2 feet. 

 14. P. SuBCXATA. Stem procumbent, assurgent, branching, hirsute. 

 Z^W4 subulate, mutronate, ciliatc, pubescent, the lower opposite, the upper 

 altcrnatp. /7ouier» axillary, somewhat corymbose. Ca/yx hairy, with acute 

 Imea' iiis ; segments of the corolla cune ate, emarginate. 



Iv jr. 1\. ¥e\). — May. In light soils, middle and upper districts 



of Carouna and Georgia. 



15. P. Setapea. Stem procumbent, assurgent, hairy. Leaves subulate 

 cihaic, s' iiii what fasciculate, pubescent. Flowers somewhat umbelled, or 

 solitary, triniiii.' ryinbs ; teeth of the calyx subulate; segments 



of ihf c«>r..!la cii,. ^inate. 



Purple. %. April — May. Middle Carolina and Georgia. 



Gexts 11. POLEMONIUM. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-clt'ft. Corolla rotate, S-partcd ; seg- 

 ments erect. Stamens 5, inserted on 5 teeth or valves, which 

 close the orifice of the corolla. Stigma 3-clcft. Capsule 3- 

 celled. 



1. P. Reitaxs.. .^f«TO erect, glabrous, branching. Leaves pinnate, from 

 7-11 leafku"; leat^otQ Ir^nceolate, acute, glabrous, entire. Flowers terminal, 

 lioddiriL'. Calyi Jacdb*» Ladder. 



blue. %. una. 10-12 inches. 



