PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. to? 
2, C. leaves cordate, entire or lobed, and panduri- panduratus, 
form ; calix smooth. — Sp. PL 
Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol 1. 1. 23. 
Fiddle-leaved Bindrueed. Mechoacana. Mecha- 
meek* Hog-potatoe. Wild potatoe-vine. 
Trailing on the ground, or climbing fence posts and bushes# 
Flowers large, white, with red bottoms and red internally 
near the tube of the corolla. The root, which is very large, 
and two or three feet long, is possessed of cathartic proper- 
ties . A decoction of it has also been used, with reputed good 
effect, in gravel. (See Veg. Mat. Med. U. S.) The leaves 
on the extremities of the stems are very small. In the sandy 
fields of Jersey, near the Delaware, and in the fields of stony 
and loose soil on the west side of the Schuylkill, a mile above 
the Falls, frequent. Perennial# August. 
100. PHLOX. Gen. pi. 284. (Polemonia.) 
Calix deeply 5-cleft, prismatic. Corolla sal- 
verform, border 5-lobed, flat; lobes cune- 
ate ; tube more or less curved. Filaments 
unequal. Stigma trifld. Capsule round- 
ish-ovate, 3-celled, cells 1-seeded. — Nutt. 
1. P. leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, with the mae«iata. 
margins scabrous ; stem scabrous ; racemes co- 
rymbose ; teeth of the calix acute. — Sp. PI. 
Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 127. (Pursh.) 
Spotted-stemmed Phlox. Spotted-stalked Lychnidea. 
A handsome species, from one to two feet high. Stem 
green, speckled with brownish purple. Flowers peach-blos- 
som red. In boggy and low meadow ground, in Jersey, and 
on this side of the river,' frequent. It bears transplantation 
well, and is worthy of cultivation in gardens. Perennial. 
July# August. 
2. P. leaves linear-lanceolate, very downy, with the piiosa. 
margins revolute ; corymbs nearly fastigiate, brac- 
teate ; teeth of the calix subulate, acute. — Sp* PI. 
