. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. POLEMONIACEAE. Vol. III. 2. Phlox amplifolia Britton. Large-leaved Phlox. Fig. 3455. Phlox amplifolia Britton, Man. 757. 1901. Stem villous or glandular-villous, at least above, 2°-3h° high. Leaves large and broad, 2i'-6' long, 1Y-2V wide, roughish above, the upper sessile, the lower ones, or some of them, narrowed, usually abruptly, into winged petioles which
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. POLEMONIACEAE. Vol. III. 2. Phlox amplifolia Britton. Large-leaved Phlox. Fig. 3455. Phlox amplifolia Britton, Man. 757. 1901. Stem villous or glandular-villous, at least above, 2°-3h° high. Leaves large and broad, 2i'-6' long, 1Y-2V wide, roughish above, the upper sessile, the lower ones, or some of them, narrowed, usually abruptly, into winged petioles which are sometimes one-third as long as the blade; flowers similar to those of P. panlculata, the inflorescence often 1° long; calyx glandular-villous; corolla-tube glabrous, the lobes obovate, rounded or retuse; capsules 4"-5' long. Woods and thickets, Indiana to Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. June-Aug. 3. Phlox maculata L. Wild Sweet- William. Fig. 3456. Phlox maculata L. Sp. PI. 152- 1753- Phlox suaveolens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 206. 1789. Stem slender, erect, simple or branched above, glabrous or puberulent, usually flecked with pur- ple, ii°-3° high. Leaves lanceolate or the upper ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, rather firm, long- acuminate, sessile, rounded or subcordate at the base, 2'-s' long, widest just above the base, the lowest sometimes linear-lanceolate; flowers short-pedicelled, the compact cymules forming an elongated narrow thyrsoid panicle; calyx- teeth triangular-lanceolate, acute, or acuminate, about one-fourth the length of the tube; corolla pink or purple, rarely white, its lobes rounded, shorter than the tube; capsule similar to that of the two preceding species. In moist woods and along streams, Connecticut to Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Mississippi. Oc- casionally escaped from gardens further north. P. maculata var. c&ndida Michx. (P. suaveolens Ait.) is a race with white flowers and- unspotted stem, occurring with the type. Please note
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