FENTANDRIA M0N0GYNIA. Phlox. 
In shady wet places, mossy woods, among Sphagnum : 
Carolina. Michaux. 1/. + '. Flowers purple, large. 
5. P. erecta ; caule scabro maculato, foliis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis glabris margine asperis, panicula oblonga confer- 
tiflora, corollae laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycinis 
acutis recurvatis.— JFilld. sp. pl. i. p. 840. 
Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 12/. 
In wet meadows : New England to Cardina. % . July, 
Aug. v. v. Flowers purplish-violet or purple ; stem, 
spotted with brown dots. 
6. P. erecta ; caule glaberrimo immaculato, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis undique laevibus, racemo paniculato, corol- 
lae laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycinis lanceolatis 
acutis erectiusculis. — Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. S40. 
In meadows : Canada to Virginia. % . July, Aug. v. v. 
Flowers white, sweet-scented 5 plant not so tali as 
the foregoing species. 
7 . P. erecta ; caule pubescente, foliis ovato-lanceoJatis 
laevibus, corymbis subfastigiatis, ramulis subtrifloris, 
corollae laciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycis glabri lan- 
ceolatis erectis. — JVilld.sp. pl. 1 . p. 841. 
P. triflora ? Mich. jl . amer. 1 p. 143. 
Icon. Bot. mag . 1344. Mart, dec . 1 . t. 10 . 
In sandy wet meadows : Cardina. l/.July — Sept. v. v. 
Flowers beautiful pale purple, the size of P. suave- 
olens. 
8 . P. caespitosa, assurgens, glabra ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
laevibus, corymbo terminali subfastigiato, corollae la- 
ciniis rotundatis, dentibus calycis mucronatis. — 
JFilld . sp. pl. 1 . p. 841. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 1 66. f 202 ? 
In wet meadows of Lower Carolina, and on the moun- 
tains of Virginia. l/.June — Aug. v.v. Flowers 
deep purple. 
Q, P. erecta, glabra, frutescens, ramosissima ; foliis lineari- 
bus, superioribus alternis basi dilatatis, racemis pa- 
niculato-corymbosis, corollae laciniis cuneato-oblongis 
emarginatis, dentibus calycis subulatis tubum aequan- 
tibus. 
On the plains of Columbia. M. Lewis, • May, June, 
v. s. in Herb. I.ewis. Flowers white, with a red or 
purple centre, similar to those of Vinca rosea, var. 
alia. They appear in such abundance, that they cover 
the whole shrub. 
3 4() 
maculata. 
suaveolens. 
Carolina. 
glaberrima. 
speciosa . 
