POPULAR FLORA. 
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66. POLEMONIUM FAMILY. Order POLEMONIACEiE. 
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. 456. Flowers of Polemonium. 457. Pod of 
i olemonitim, cut across. 
Climbing by tendrils on the pinnate leaves: flowers axillary, single: calyx leafy: corolla 
bell-shaped, large, but dull-colored, ( Cobaa) *Cob^ea. 
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, ( Polembnium ) Polemonium. 
Corolla funnel-shaped or salver-shaped: stamens not turned to one side : seeds 
several. Leaves once to thrice pinnately divided, ( Gilia ) Gilia. 
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; 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. maculata. 
8. 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. FI. 
early summer. P.pildsa. 
4. Running P. Spreading by creeping runners, bearing roundish and thickish smooth leaves; flow- 
ering stems 4' to 8' high, with oblong leaves; flowers few and large; lobes of the red-purple 
corolla round and entire. FI. early summer. P. reptans 
