108 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
Hairy Lychnidea. 
At Landsdown, near Brack’s Island, Schuylkill. Rare« 
Perennial. May. 
subuiata. 3. P. procumbcnt, hirsute ; leaves subulate, ciliate ; 
corymbs few flowered ; segments of the corolla 
cuneate, emarginate ; teeth of the calix subulate, 
hardly shorter than the tube of the corolla.— 
Pursh. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 411. 
Ground Pink. Wild Pink. 
A very beautiful species, now cultivated in gardens . Flow- 
ers purplish red, with a purple star in the centre . In the 
sandy dry woods of Jersey, abundant. Perennial. April. 
May, 
101. POLEMONIUM. Gen. pi. 289. (Pokmonia.) 
Calix subcampanulate, 5-cleft. Corolla some- 
what rotate, 5-Iobed, tube short, closed at 
its base by 5 staminiferous valves or scales. 
Stigma trifid. Capsule 3-celled, superior. 
— Nutt. 
reptan*. 1. P. leaves pinnate, generally by sevens ; flowers 
terminal, nodding. — Sp. PL 
Icon. Mill. ic. 2. t. 209. (Pursh.) 
Creeping-rooted Jacob’s- ladder. 
This beautiful plant is often met with in the flowerpots 
of those who keep a few plants in their windows during the 
winter season. It is much valued, without being known to be 
a wild inhabitant of our neighbourhood. Flowers sky blue. 
On the Wissahickon creek, near rivulets ; also close to the 
spot where Chrysosplenium oppositifolium grows. Rare. Pe- 
rennial. April, May. 
