POPULAR FLORA, 
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66. POLEMONIUM FAMILY, Order POLEMONXACEJE. 
Herbs, not twining (but Cobsea climbs by tendrils), with regular flowers, all the parts in 
fives, except the pistil, which is 3-celled and the style 3-cleft at the top, the 5 spreading 
lobes of the corolla convolute in the bud, 
i. e. overlapping so that one edge of each 
is outside of that behind it, but inside 
of the next one. Flowers generally 
handsome. All the kinds here given 
are cultivated ; but the Phloxes are wild 
in this country (especially W. and S.), 
and so is one Polemonium. Gilias are 
pretty garden annuals from California, 
&c . Cobaea, which is placed here, though 
very different from the rest, is a great- 
flowered vine from Mexico. 
455. Flowers of Phlox. 458. Flowers of Polemonium. 457. Pod of 
1 olemonium, cut across. 
Climbing by tendrils on the pinnate leaves : flowers axillary, single : calyx leafy : corolla 
bell-shaped, large, but dull-colored, ( Cobcea) * Cobaea. 
Not climbing : flowers in panicled cymes or clusters. 
Stamens inserted at very unequal heights on the long tube of the salver-shaped 
corolla, short, included: calyx narrow, 5-angled: seeds only one in each cell. 
Leaves all entire, sessile, and opposite, except the uppermost, (Phlox) Phlox. 
Stamens all inserted at the same height. Leaves mostly 'alternate and compound. 
Corolla almost wheel-shaped (light blue): stamens turned towards the lower side 
of the flower: leaves pinnate, ( Polemonium ) Polemonium. 
Corolla funnel-shaped or salver-shaped : stamens not turned to one side : seeds 
several. Leaves once to thrice pinnately divided, ( Gilia) Gilxa, 
Phlox. Phlox . 
* Perennial herbs, growing in open woods, and in gardens. 
1. Panicled P. Stem stout, 2° to 4° high; leaves lance-oblong and ovate-lanceolate, pointed, taper- 
ing or the upper ones heart-shaped at the base j panicle large and broad ; corolla pink or white, the 
lobes entire. FI. summer. P. paniculata, 
2. Spotted P. Stem 1° or 2° high, slender, simple, purple-spotted; lower leaves lance-shaped, upper- 
most lance-ovate, tapering upwards from the rounded or slightly heart-shaped base; panicle 
narrow ; calyx-teeth rather blunt ; corolla pink-purple, or varying to white in gardens, the lobes 
entire. FI. summer. P, macuCdta . 
3. Hairy P. Stems slender, ascending, 1° or 2° high, clammy-hairy; leaves lance-shaped or lance- 
linear; cyme flat; calyx-teeth long, awn-pointed; lobes of the rose-pink corolla entire. FL 
early summer. P. pildsa. 
4. Running P. Spreading by creeping runners, bearing roundish and thickish smooth leaves; flow- 
ering stems 4' to & high, with oblong leaves; flowers few and large; lobes of the red-purple 
corolla round and entire. FI. early summer. P. reptans. 
