75^ FLORA. 



minate, about one-fourth the length of the tube; corolla-lobes rounded, shorter than 

 the tube. In moist woods and along streams, Conn, to Fla., Minn, and Tenn. 

 Occasionally escaped from gardens further north. June-Aug. 



4. Phiox ovata L. Mountain Phlox. (I. F. f. 2970.) Stems simple, 

 ascending from a decumbent base, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves rather firm, the upper 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile by a rounded or subcordate base, acute, 2-5 cm. 

 long, the lower and basal ones longer, oblong or ovate -oblong, acute, narrowed into 

 slender petioles; flowers short-pedicelled; calyx-teeth one-third to one-half the 

 length of the tube; corolla pink or red, its lobes obovate, rounded, entire. In 

 woods, Penn. to N. Car. and Ala. May-Aug. 



5. Phlox glaberrima L. Smooth Phlox. (I. F. f. 2971.) Stem simple 

 3-6 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate or linear, mostly I -nerved, acuminate, narrowed 

 at the base, 3-10 cm. long, sessile, or the lowest linear or oblong, obtusish, and 

 short-petioled; flowers short-pedicelled, the cymules corymbed; calyx-teeth one- 

 third to one half the length of the tube; corolla commonly pink, its lobes obovate, 

 longer than the tube. In open woods and on prairies, Va. to Wis., Fla. and Ky. 

 May-July. 



6. Phlox pilosa L. Downy Phlox. (I. F. f. 2972.) Soft-downy or hairy, 

 often glandular; stem slender, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves linear or lanceolate, spread- 

 ing, long-acuminate, 2-8 cm. long, sessile; cymules corymbed; flowers short- 

 pedicelled ; calyx glandular, viscid, its teeth setaceous-subulate, longer than the 

 tube; corolla-lobes obovate, entire, the tube usually pubescent; capsule shorter 

 than the calyx. In dry soil, Ont. to Manitoba, N. J., Fla., Kans. ; Ark. and Tex. 

 April-June. 



7. Phlox amoena Sims. Hairy Phlox. (I. F. f. 2973.) Usually quite 

 hairy; stems 1.5-5 dm. high. Leaves linear-oblong, sessile, nearly erect, 1-4 cm. 

 long, the lowest much shorter; flowers nearly sessile in a dense cyme, which is 

 subtended by the uppermost pair of leaves; calyx hirsute, its teeth subulate; 

 corolla pink or white, its lobes obovate, shorter than the glabrous tube. In dry 

 soil, Va. to Tenn., Fla. and Ga. April-June. 



8. Phlox divaricata L. Wild Blue Phlox. (I. F. f. 2974.) Finely viscid- 

 pubescent; stems ascending or diffuse, with creeping or ascending leafy shoots. 

 Leaves of the sterile shoots obtuse, 2-5 cm. long, those of the flowering stems 

 lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, mostly acute; flowers in open corymbed 

 cymules, faintly fragrant; calyx-teeth subulate, longer than the tube; corolla bluish, 

 its lobes not much longer than the tube; capsule oblong-globose. In moist woods, 

 Ont. to Minn., Penn., Fla., Kans., La. and Ark. April-June. 



9. Phlox reptans Michx. Crawling Phlox. (I. F. f. 2975.) Stems 

 slender, diffuse, producing sterile creeping leafy shoots. Leaves of the sterile 

 shoots, obtuse, 2-8 cm. long, narrowed into petioles; flowering stems 1-2 dm. 

 high, their leaves oblong or lanceolate; flowers slender-pedicelled; calyx-teeth 

 linear subulate; corolla pink, purple, or violet, its lobes rounded, about one-half 

 the length of the tube. In woods. Penn. to Ga. and Ky. April-June. 



10. Phlox bifida Beck. CLEFT Phlox. (I. F. f. 2976.) Puberulent or 

 pubescent; stems much branched, often 3 dm. long, the branches 1-2 dm. high. 

 Leaves of sterile shoots linear, sessile. 2-5 cm. long, acute, those of flowering 

 branches much shorter; flowers slender-pedicelled; calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate; 

 Corolla pale purple, its lobes shorter than the tube, cuneate. 2-3-cleft to about the 

 middle into obtuse diverging segments. In dry places, Ind. to Tenn. and Mich. 

 April-June. 



11. Phlox Stellaria A. Gray. Chickweed Phlox. (I. F. f. 2977.) Gla- 

 brous or pul-erulent; stems, much branched, the branches 0.7-2 dm. high Leaves 

 linear, or linear-lanceolate, ses-dlc. acute, 2-5 cm. long; flowers slender-pedi- 

 celled; calyx-teeth -ubulate-lanceolale, shorter than the tube; corolla pale blue or 

 nearly white, its lobes cuneate, 2-lobed, marly as long as the tube. On cliffs. 111. 

 and Ky. April May. 



12! Phlox Kedseyi Britten. Kklsey's Phlox. (I. F. f. 2978.) Many- 

 stemmed from a woody root, ihe stems sometimes 2 dm. long, glabrous, or slightly 

 pubescent above. Leaves oblong, or linear-oblong, sessile, glabrous, or nearly so, 

 o 25 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, or the upper longer and narrower, riedd, the apex 

 spinose-mucronate, the revolute margins < iliate; flowers sessile, or short-peduncled 



