. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 12. Botany; Botany. Fig. 2. P. ovaia piilchra. Slender plant, as above. Fig. 3. P. ovata pulchra. Type specimen. a Variety of Phlox ovata from the Alabama Mountains' Edqae T. Wheery While driving along Alabama State Highway No. 18 east of Oakman Wafer County in May, 1929, I noticed in two or three ravines a Phlox of the Section unusuali; large flowers of a brilliant pink color^ The -h^being within the range of P. Carolina heterophylla (Beauvais) Wherry the Plant w^ It tot regarded as a pallid color form of this variety,^ but furthe
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 12. Botany; Botany. Fig. 2. P. ovaia piilchra. Slender plant, as above. Fig. 3. P. ovata pulchra. Type specimen. a Variety of Phlox ovata from the Alabama Mountains' Edqae T. Wheery While driving along Alabama State Highway No. 18 east of Oakman Wafer County in May, 1929, I noticed in two or three ravines a Phlox of the Section unusuali; large flowers of a brilliant pink color^ The -h^being within the range of P. Carolina heterophylla (Beauvais) Wherry the Plant w^ It tot regarded as a pallid color form of this variety,^ but further study indi- :L!stlanrbelongs ra'her with P. ovaia Linne. Because of the striking beauty of its flowers it may be known as: Plilox ovata pulchra, var. nova. Plate 2 Crown prodding decumbent sterile shoots »p to 15 «?'^!^'«'^jii^^âS Inflorescence tending to be componnd, "â » J"'"""'* S^m w, "Siited to rewbSo^â¢XrSSe!XiS' JoMaJS .rtube is to .e .d ,-.,rSZtlL co^pHse! tbc p^^ne. ot^ ..nspien»» ^^'^J^^^i:^ ^ttirr::.S *:« 'r,:? nt: * l Aowenng .nd cultivation; the relatively smd T^ifferences from the widespread phase other species: .1 Decumbent shoots relatively long; LOWER leaves short-petioled ; NODES 4 TO 6 BELOW INFLORESCENCE. Phlox ovata pulchra Wherry, var. nov. Typified by specimen from open wooda imle east of Oakman, Walker CJo Ala., Ln^teHy E. T. W. May 8,1929. Known only from this county, and as a pallid t'co'Zution fro. the Botanical Laboratory and Morris Arboretu. of the , of Pennsylvania. 2Bartonia 13: 36. Iviii" ( 112 ) Decumbent shoots relatively short; LOWER LEAVES LONO-PETIOLED; NODES 3 TO 5 BELOW INFLORESCENCE. Phlox ovato UtlfoUa (Michaux) merry, status novus. P. ovata Linn6 P-i^j/^^ Micta. P. Carolina a "H"!" ^"J^^S" The widespread variety, NW. Ua. to n. Ind. and Ohio and to E. Pa,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may h
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