. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1762. Phlox elaberrima (X IM)- o us in rather loose cymes, varying through purple, pink and white, the lobes entire, the calyx-lobes awn-like. Dry fields, woods and prairies, British Amer. to Fla, and Tex., growing as far east as New Jersey. 1307. 13:1251. BB. Flowering stems diffuse and branching,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1762. Phlox elaberrima (X IM)- o us in rather loose cymes, varying through purple, pink and white, the lobes entire, the calyx-lobes awn-like. Dry fields, woods and prairies, British Amer. to Fla, and Tex., growing as far east as New Jersey. 1307. 13:1251. BB. Flowering stems diffuse and branching, often creeping, low: plants of more or less tufted habit. C. Corolla-lobes 4-2mrted or very strongly notched. 10. bifida, Beck- Low, the stems stiff and sometimes almost woody and often 1 ft. long and rising 3-8 in. from the ground, minutely pubescent: Ivs. linear and rigid, 2 in. or less long: lis. scattered, violet-purple, the lobes 2- or 3-cleft as far as the middle or farther into narrow spreading segments. Prairies, 111. and Mo.— Rarely cultivated. 11. StelUria, Gray. Glabrous: Ivs. linear, sparingly ciliate towards the base: fls. scattered, usually long-peduncled, pale blue to whitish, the lobes cleft only at the apex into short oblong parts. Lexington, Ky., to southern 111. 1:257. cc. Corolla-lobes very sliallow-notched or entire. D. Peduncles usually bearing few to several slender-pedicelled fh. 12. suhulata, Linn. (,JjO(\d.). -Ground Pink. Moss Pink. Fig. 1763. TLHifted or matted, the depressed stems more or less pubescent: Ivs. crowded or fascicled (except on the flower- ing stems), narrow-linear to linear-lanceolate, very sharp and usually stiff, ciliate: fls. nearly 1 in. across, light blue, pink or white, in small clusters standing 2-0 in. above the ground, the lobes obcordate or entire. Dry banks and fields, New York W. and S. 411; 415 {as P. seta- cea). 8:780; 18:1731 (as P. rt-ri-sra^a).- A much prized old garden plant, useful for col
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