_leaves linear and linear-oblong, obtuse_, or the upper acute; branches
rather few-flowered, forming an oblong panicle; calyx-lobes nearly half
shorter than the corolla.--Dry or low places, Ind. and N. C. to La. and
Fla.
4. S. angularis, Pursh. _Stem somewhat 4-winged-angled_, much branched
above (1--21/2 deg. high), many-flowered; _leaves ovate_, acutish, 5-nerved,
with a _somewhat heart-shaped clasping_ base; calyx-lobes one third or
half the length of the corolla.--Rich soil, N. Y. to Ont. and Mich.,
south to Fla. and La.
[+][+] _Branches alternate (or the lower opposite in n. 5); peduncles
1-flowered_.
[++] _Calyx-lobes foliaceous._
5. S. calycosa, Pursh. Diffusely forking, pale, 1 deg. high or less;
leaves oblong or lance-oblong, narrowed at base; calyx-lobes
spatulate-lanceolate ({2/3}--1' long), exceeding the rose-colored or
almost white corolla.--Sea-coast and near it, Va. to Tex.
[++][++] _Calyx-lobes slender and tube very short (prominently costate
in n. 6, and longer, nearly or quite enclosing the retuse capsule)._
6. S. campestris, Nutt. Span or two high, divergently branched above;
leaves ovate with subcordate clasping base (1/2--1' long), on the branches
lanceolate; calyx equalling the lilac corolla (11/2--2' broad).--Prairies,
S. E. Kan. and W. Mo. to Tex.
7. S. stellaris, Pursh. Loosely branched and forking; _leaves oblong to
lanceolate_, the upper narrowly linear; _calyx-lobes awl-shaped-linear,
varying from half to nearly the length of the bright rose-purple
corolla_; style nearly 2-parted.--Salt marshes, Mass. to Fla. Appears to
pass into the next; corolla in both at times pink or white.
8. S. gracilis, Salisb. _Stem very slender_, at length diffusely
branched; branches and long peduncles filiform; _leaves linear_, or the
lower lance-linear, the uppermost similar to the _setaceous calyx-lobes,
which equal the rose-purple corolla_; style cleft to the
middle.--Brackish marshes, Nantucket, Mass., and N. J., to Fla. and La.
9. S. Elliottii, Steud. Effusely much branched; _leaves small_, lower
cauline (6'' long or less) thickish, _from obovate to lanceolate_, upper
narrowly linear and rather longer, on the flowering branches subulate;
_calyx-lobes slender-subulate, very much shorter than the white
corolla_; style 2-parted.--Pine barrens, S. Va. (?) to Fla.
[*][*] _Corolla 8--12-parted, large (about 2' broad)._
10. S. chloroides, Pursh. Stem (1--2 deg. high), loosely panicled above;
peduncles slender, 1-flowered; leaves oblong-lanceolate; calyx-lobes
linear, half the length of the deep rose-colored (rarely white)
corolla.--Borders of brackish ponds, Mass. to Fla. and Ala.
3. EUSTOMA, Salisb.
Calyx 5- (rarely 6-) parted; its lobes long-acuminate, with carinate
midrib. Corolla campanulate-funnel-form, deeply 5--6-lobed. Anthers
oblong, versatile, straight or recurving in age. Style filiform, nearly
persistent; stigma of 2 broad lamellae.--Glaucous large-flowered annuals,
with more or less clasping and connate leaves, and slender terminal and
more or less paniculate 1-flowered peduncles. (From [Greek: eu~)],
_well_, and [Greek: sto/ma], _mouth_, alluding to the open-mouthed
corolla.)
1. E. Russellianum, Griseb. One or two feet high; leaves from ovate- to
lanceolate-oblong; lobes of lavender-purple corolla obovate (11/2' long),
4 times longer than the tube; anthers hardly curving in age.--Neb. to
Tex.
4. GENTIANA, Tourn. GENTIAN.
Calyx 4--5-cleft. Corolla 4--5-lobed, regular, usually with intermediate
plaited folds, which bear appendages or teeth at the sinuses. Style
short or none; stigmas 2, persistent. Capsule oblong, 2-valved; the
innumerable seeds either borne on placentae at or near the sutures, or in
most of our species covering nearly the whole inner face of the
pod.--Flowers solitary or cymose, showy, in late summer and autumn.
(Name from _Gentius_, king of Illyria, who used some species
medicinally.)
Sec. 1. GENTIANELLA. _Corolla (not rotate) destitute of extended plaits or
lobes or teeth at the sinuses; root annual._
[*] (FRINGED GENTIANS.) _Flowers large, solitary on long terminal
peduncles, mostly 4-merous; corolla campanulate-funnel-form, its lobes
usually fimbriate or erose, not crowned; a row of glands between the
bases of the filaments. Autumn-flowering._
1. G. crinita, Froel. Stem 1--2 deg. high; _leaves lanceolate or
ovate-lanceolate from a partly heart-shaped or rounded base_; lobes of
the 4-cleft calyx unequal, ovate and lanceolate, as long as the
bell-shaped tube of the blue corolla (2' long), the _lobes_ of which are
_wedge-obovate, and strongly fringed around the summit; ovary
lanceolate_.--Low grounds, N. Eng. to Dak., south to Iowa, Ohio, and in
the mountains to Ga.
2. G. serrata, Gunner. Stem 3--18' high; _leaves linear or
lanceolate-linear_; lobes of the 4- (rarely 5-) cleft calyx unequal,
ovate or triangular and lanceolate, pointed; _lobes of the sky-blue
corolla spatulate-oblong_, with ciliate-fringed margins, _the fringe
shorter or almost obsolete at the summit; ovary elliptical or obovate_.
(G. detonsa, _Manual_.)--Moist grounds, Newf. and W. New York, to Iowa
and Minn., north and westward.
[*][*] _Flowers smaller, 4--5-merous; corolla somewhat funnel-form or
salver-form, its lobes entire; peduncles short or none, terminal and
lateral on the acute-angled stem._
3. G. Amarella, L. Stems 2--20' high; leaves lanceolate to narrowly
oblong, or the lowest obovate-spatulate, the margins minutely scabrous;
calyx-lobes (4--5) foliaceous, lanceolate or linear; corolla mostly
blue, 1/2' long or more, _with a fimbriate crown at the base of the oblong
acute lobes; capsule sessile._--Var. acuta, Hook. f. Calyx almost
5-parted; crown usually of fewer and sometimes very few setae.--Lab. to
N. Vt. and N. Minn., west and northward.
4. G. quinqueflora, Lam. Stem rather slender, branching (1--2 deg. high);
leaves ovate-lanceolate from a partly clasping and heart-shaped base,
3--7-nerved, tipped with a minute point; branches racemed or panicled,
about 5-flowered at the summit; lobes of the small 5-cleft calyx
awl-shaped-linear; corolla pale blue, 6--9'' long, its lobes
_triangular-ovate, bristle-pointed, without crown, but the glands
at the base_ of the slender obconical tube _manifest; capsule
stipitate_.--Moist hills, Maine to Ont., Ill., and south along the
mountains to Fla.--Var. OCCIDENTALIS, Gray. Sometimes 2--3 deg. high, and
paniculately much-branched; calyx-lobes more leaf-like,
linear-lanceolate, reaching to the middle of the broader funnel-form
corolla.--Va. and Ohio to Minn., south to Tenn. and La.
Sec. 2. PNEUMONANTHE. _Corolla (funnel-form or salver-form) with
thin-membranaceous toothed or lobed plaits in the sinuses; no crown nor
glands, capsule stipitate; autumn-flowering perennials, the flowers
large, sessile or short pedunculate and bibracteate (except in n. 12)._
[*] _Anthers unconnected or soon separate; leaves rough-margined; seeds
winged._
5. G. affinis, Griseb. _Stems clustered_, 1 deg. high or less; leaves oblong
or lanceolate to linear; _flowers numerous and thyrsoid-racemose_ or few
or rarely almost solitary; _calyx-lobes_ unequal, the longest rarely
equalling the tube, the shortest sometimes minute; corolla (blue or
bluish) 1' long or less, rather _narrowly funnel-form_, with ovate
spreading lobes, the plaits with _conspicuous laciniate appendages
sometimes equalling the lobes_.--Minn. to the Pacific.
6. G. puberula, Michx. Stems (_mostly solitary_) erect or ascending
(8--16' high), mostly _rough_ and minutely pubescent above; _leaves
rigid_, linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate (1--2' long); _flowers
clustered_, rarely solitary; _calyx-lobes lanceolate_, much shorter than
the _bell-funnel-form open bright-blue corolla_, the spreading ovate
_lobes_ of which are _twice or thrice the length of the cut-toothed
appendages_.--Dry prairies and barrens, western N. Y., Ohio, and Ky., to
Minn. and Kan. Oct.
[*][*] _Anthers cohering in a ring or short tube; flowers in terminal
and often axillary clusters._
[+] _Calyx-lobes and bracts ciliolate-scabrous; seeds conspicuously
winged; leaves rough-margined._
7. G. Saponaria, L. (SOAPWORT G.) Stem erect or ascending, smooth;
leaves ovate-lanceolate, oblong, or lanceolate-obovate, narrowed at the
base; _calyx-lobes linear or spatulate_, acute, _equalling or exceeding
the tube_, half the length of the corolla; _lobes_ of the
club-bell-shaped light-blue corolla obtuse, erect or converging, short
and broad, but _distinct_, and more or less _longer than the
conspicuous_ 2-cleft and minutely toothed _appendages_.--Moist woods,
N. Y. and N. J. to Minn., south to Fla. and La.
8. G. Andrewsii, Griseb. (CLOSED G.) Stems upright, smooth; leaves
ovate-lanceolate and lanceolate from a narrower base, gradually pointed;
_calyx-lobes lanceolate to ovate_, recurved, _shorter than the
top-shaped tube_, and much shorter than the more oblong and truncate
mostly blue corolla, which is closed at the mouth, _its proper lobes
obliterated_, the apparent lobes consisting of the broad fringe-toothed
and notched appendages.--Moist ground, N. Eng. to Minn., south to N. Ga.
Corolla blue with white plaits, or sometimes all white.
[+][+] _Margins of leaves, bracts, etc., smooth and naked; terminal
flower-cluster leafy-involucrate; seeds winged._
9. G. alba, Muhl. Stems upright, stout; flowers sessile and crowded in a
dense terminal cluster; leaves ovate-lanceolate from a heart-shaped
closely clasping base, gradually tapering; calyx-lobes ovate or
subcordate, many times shorter than the tube of the corolla,
reflexed-spreading; corolla white more or less tinged with greenish or
yellowish, inflated-club-shaped, at length open, its short and broad
ovate lobes twice the length of the broad toothed appendages.--Low
grounds and mountain meadows, Ont. to Ill., Ky., and Va.
10. G. linearis, Froel. Stems slender and strict, 1--2 deg. high; flowers
1--5 in the terminal cluster; leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, with
somewhat narrowed base; bracts sometimes very finely scabrous;
calyx-lobes linear or lanceolate; corolla blue, narrow funnel-form, its
erect roundish-ovate lobes little longer than the triangular acute
appendages. (G. Saponaria, var. linearis, _Gray_.)--Bogs, mountains of
Md. to N. Y., N. Eng., and northward.
Var. lanceolata, Gray. Leaves lanceolate, or the upper and involucrate
ones almost ovate-lanceolate, appendages of corolla sometimes very short
and broad.--Minn. and L. Superior; also Herkimer Co., N. Y.
Var. latifolia, Gray. Stout; leaves closely sessile, not contracted at
base, the lowest oblong-linear, the upper ovate-lanceolate; appendages
broad, acute or subtruncate.--L. Superior; N. Brunswick (flowers blue).
[+][+][+] _Calyx-lobes and bracts with smooth margins or nearly so;
seeds completely marginless._
11. G. ochroleuca, Froel. Stems ascending, mostly smooth; leaves
obovate-oblong, the lowest broadly obovate and obtuse, the uppermost
somewhat lanceolate, all narrowed at base, calyx-lobes linear, unequal,
much longer than its tube, rather shorter than the greenish-white open
corolla, which is painted inside with green veins and lilac-purple
stripes; its lobes ovate, very much exceeding the small and sparingly
toothed oblique appendages.--Dry or damp grounds, Penn. to Fla. and La.
[*][*][*] _Anthers not connected; flowers terminal, solitary, commonly
peduncled and naked; seeds wingless._
12. G. angustifolia, Michx. Stems slender and ascending (6--15' high),
mostly simple; leaves linear or the lower oblanceolate, rigid; corolla
open-funnel-form (2' long), azure-blue, also a greenish and white
variety, about twice the length of the thread-like calyx-lobes,
its ovate spreading lobes twice as long as the cut-toothed
appendages.--Moist pine barrens, N. J. to Fla.
PLEUROGYNE CARINTHIACA, Griseb., var. PUSILLA, Gray, a low few-flowered
annual, with rotate blue or bluish 4--5 parted corolla and a pair of
scale-like appendages on the base of its divisions, is found from the
Arctic Coast to the Lower St. Lawrence and Newfoundland, and was
reported by Pursh from the summits of the White Mountains, but has not
since been found.
5. FRASERA, Walt. AMERICAN COLUMBO.
Calyx deeply 4-parted. Corolla deeply 4-parted, wheel-shaped, each
division with a glandular and fringed pit on the face. Filaments
awl-shaped, usually somewhat monadelphous at base; anthers oblong,
versatile. Style persistent; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule oval, flattened,
4--14-seeded. Seeds large and flat, wing-margined.--Tall and showy
herbs, with a thick root, upright and mostly simple stems, bearing
whorled leaves, and numerous peduncled flowers in open cymes, disposed
in an ample elongated panicle. (Dedicated to _John Fraser_, an
indefatigable collector in this country toward the close of the last
century.)
1. F. Carolinensis, Walt. Smooth biennial or triennial (3--8 deg. high);
leaves mostly in fours, lance-oblong, the lowest spatulate, veiny;
panicle pyramidal, loosely flowered; corolla (1' broad) light
greenish-yellow, marked with small brown-purple dots, its divisions
oblong, mucronate, longer than the narrowly lanceolate calyx-lobes, each
with a large round gland below the middle; capsule much flattened
parallel with the flat valves.--Rich dry soil, western N. Y. to Wisc.,
south to Ga.
6. HALENIA, Borkh. SPURRED GENTIAN.
Calyx 4--5-parted. Corolla short bell-shaped, 4--5-cleft, without folds
or fringe, prolonged at the base underneath the erect lobes into spurs,
which are glandular in the bottom. Stigmas 2, sessile, persistent on the
oblong flattish capsule. Seeds rather numerous, oblong.--Small and
upright herbs, with yellowish or purplish panicled-cymose flowers.
(Named for _John Halen_, a German botanist.)
1. H. deflexa, Grisebach. Leafy annual or biennial (9--18' high), simple
or branched above; leaves 3--5-nerved, the lowest oblong-spatulate and
petioled, the others oblong-lanceolate, acute; spurs cylindrical,
obtuse, curved, descending, half the length of the acutely 4-lobed
corolla.--Damp and cool woods, from N. Maine and W. Mass. to
L. Superior, Minn., and northward.
7. BARTONIA, Muhl.
Calyx 4-parted. Corolla deeply 4-cleft, destitute of glands, fringes, or
folds. Stamens short. Capsule oblong, flattened, pointed with a large
persistent at length 2-lobed stigma. Seeds minute, innumerable, covering
the whole inner surface of the pod.--Small annuals or biennials (3--10'
high), with thread-like stems, and little awl-shaped scales in place of
leaves. Flowers small, white, peduncled. (Dedicated to _Prof. Benjamin
Smith Barton_, of Philadelphia.)
1. B. tenella, Muhl. Stems branched above, the branches or peduncles
mostly opposite, 1--3-flowered; _lobes of the corolla oblong, acutish,
rather longer than the calyx_, or sometimes twice as long; _anthers
roundish_; ovary 4-angled, the cell somewhat cruciform.--Open woods,
Newf. to Wisc., south to Va. and La. Aug.--Scales and branches
occasionally alternate.
2. B. verna, Muhl. Stem 1--few-flowered; flowers 3--4'' long, larger;
_lobes of the corolla spatulate, obtuse, spreading, thrice the length of
the calyx; anthers oblong_; ovary flat.--Bogs near the coast, S. Va. to
Fla. and La. March.
8. OBOLARIA, L.
Calyx of 2 spatulate spreading sepals, resembling the leaves. Corolla
tubular-bell-shaped, withering-persistent, 4-cleft; the lobes
oval-oblong, or with age spatulate, imbricated in the bud! Stamens
inserted at the sinuses of the corolla, short. Style short, persistent;
stigma 2-lipped. Capsule ovoid, 1-celled, the cell cruciform; the seeds
covering the whole face of the walls.--A low and very smooth
purplish-green perennial (3--8' high), with a simple or sparingly
branched stem, opposite wedge-obovate leaves; the dull white or purplish
flowers solitary or in clusters of three, terminal and axillary, nearly
sessile; in spring. (Name from [Greek: o)bolo/s], a small Greek coin,
from the thick rounded leaves.)
1. O. Virginica, L. Herbaceous and rather fleshy, the lower leaves
scale-like; flowers 4'' long.--Moist woods, N. J. to Ill., south to Ga.
and Tex.
9. MENYANTHES, Tourn. BUCKBEAN.
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short funnel-form, 5-cleft, deciduous, the whole
upper surface white-bearded, valvate in the bud with the margins turned
inward. Style slender, persistent; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule bursting
somewhat irregularly, many-seeded. Seed-coat hard, smooth, and
shining.--A perennial alternate-leaved herb, with a thickish creeping
rootstock, sheathed by the membranous bases of the long petioles, which
bear 3 oval or oblong leaflets; the flowers racemed on the naked scape
(1 deg. high), white or slightly reddish. (The ancient Theophrastian name,
probably from [Greek: me/n], _month_, and [Greek: a)/nthos], _a flower_,
some say from its flowering for about that time.)
1. M. trifoliata, L.--Bogs, N. J. and Penn. to Ind. and Iowa, and far
north and westward. May, June. (Eu., Asia.)
10. LIMNANTHEMUM, Gmelin. FLOATING HEART.
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla almost wheel-shaped, 5-parted, the divisions
fringed or bearded at the base or margins only, folded inward in the
bud, bearing a glandular appendage near the base. Style short or none;
stigma 2-lobed, persistent. Capsule few--many-seeded, at length
bursting irregularly. Seed-coat hard.--Perennial aquatics, with rounded
floating leaves on very long petioles, which, in most species, bear near
the summit the umbel of (polygamous) flowers, along with a cluster of
short and spur-like roots, sometimes shooting forth new leaves from the
same place, and so spreading by a sort of proliferous stolons, flowering
all summer. (Name compounded of [Greek: li/mne], _a marsh_ or _pool_,
and [Greek: a)/nthemon], _a blossom_, from the situations where they
grow.)
1. L. lacunosum, Grisebach. _Leaves entire_, round-heart-shaped (1--2'
broad), thickish, petioles filiform; lobes of the (white) corolla
broadly oval, naked, except the crest-like yellowish gland at the base,
twice the length of the lanceolate calyx-lobes; style none; _seeds
smooth and even_.--Shallow water, from Maine to Minn., south to Fla. and
La.
2. L. trachyspermum, Gray. _Leaves larger_ (2--6' broad) and rounder,
thicker, often wavy-margined or crenate, roughish and dark-punctate or
pitted beneath; petioles stouter; _seeds glandular-roughened_.--Ponds
and streams, Md. and Va. to Fla. and Tex.
ORDER 70. POLEMONIACEAE. (POLEMONIUM FAMILY.)
_Herbs, with alternate or opposite leaves, regular 5-merous and
5-androus flowers, the lobes of the corolla convolute in the bud, a
3-celled ovary and 3-lobed style; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved,
loculicidal, few--many-seeded, the valves usually breaking away from the
triangular central column._--Seeds amphitropous, the coat frequently
mucilaginous when moistened and emitting spiral threads. Embryo straight
in the axis of copious albumen. Calyx persistent, imbricated. Corolla
with a 5-parted border. Anthers introrse. (Insipid and innocent plants;
many are ornamental in cultivation.)
1. Phlox. Corolla salver-form. Calyx narrow. Leaves opposite, entire.
2. Gilia. Corolla tubular-funnel-form or salver-form. Calyx narrow,
partly scarious. Leaves mostly alternate, entire.
3. Polemonium. Corolla open-bell shaped. Calyx herbaceous, bell-shaped.
Filaments slender, equal. Leaves alternate, pinnate or pinnately parted.
1. PHLOX, L.
Calyx narrow, somewhat prismatic, or plaited and angled. Corolla
salver-form, with a long tube. Stamens very unequally inserted in the
tube of the corolla, included. Capsule ovoid, with sometimes 2 ovules
but ripening only a single seed in each cell.--Perennials (except a few
southern species, such as P. Drummondii of the gardens), with opposite
and sessile perfectly entire leaves, the floral often alternate. Flowers
cymose, mostly bracted; the open clusters terminal or crowded in the
upper axils. ([Greek: Phlo/x], _flame_, an ancient name of Lychnis,
transferred to this North American genus.) Most of our species are
cultivated in gardens.
Sec. 1. _Herbaceous, with flat (broad or narrow) leaves._
[*] _Stem strictly erect; panicle pyramidal or oblong, many-flowered;
peduncles and pedicels very short; corolla-lobes entire. (Very common in
gardens.)_
1. P. paniculata, L. Stem stout (2--4 deg. high), smooth; leaves
oblong-lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, pointed, large, tapering at the
base, the upper often heart-shaped at the base; _panicle ample,
pyramidal-corymbed; calyx-teeth awn-pointed_; corolla pink-purple
varying to white.--Open woods, Penn. to Ill., south to Fla. and La.
June, July.
2. P. maculata, L. (WILD SWEET-WILLIAM.) Smooth, or barely roughish;
_stem spotted with purple_, rather slender (1--2 deg. high); lower leaves
lanceolate, the upper nearly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the apex from
the broad and rounded or somewhat heart-shaped base, _panicle narrow,
oblong_, leafy below; _calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, short,
scarcely pointed_; corolla pink-purple.--Rich woodlands and along
streams, N. J. and N. Penn. to Minn., south to Fla. and Ark.--Var.
CANDIDA, Michx., is a white-flowered form, commonly with spotless stem.
With the ordinary form.
[*][*] _Stems, at least the flowering ones, ascending or erect; flowers
in corymbed or simple cymes; corolla-lobes obovate or obcordate._
[+] _Calyx-teeth triangular-subulate; corolla-lobes rounded, entire;
glabrous or nearly so._
3. P. ovata, L. Stems ascending (1/2--2 deg. high), often from a prostrate
base; _leaves oblong-lanceolate, or the upper ovate-lanceolate_, and
sometimes heart-shaped at the base, acute or pointed; flowers pink or
rose-red, crowded, short-peduncled; _calyx-teeth_ short and broad,
_acute_. (P. Carolina, _L._)--Open woods, in the mountain region from
Penn. to Ala. June, July.
4. P. glaberrima, L. Stems slender, erect (1--3 deg. high); _leaves
linear-lanceolate or rarely oblong-lanceolate_, very smooth (except the
rough and sometimes revolute margins), tapering gradually to a point
(3--4' long); cymes few-flowered and loosely corymbed; flowers
peduncled (pink or whitish); _calyx-teeth_ narrower and very
_sharp-pointed_.--Prairies and open woods, N. Va. to Ohio and Minn.,
south to Fla. and Mo. July.
[+][+] _Calyx-teeth long and slender; more or less hairy or
glandular-pubescent._
[++] _No runners or prostrate sterile shoots._
5. P. pilosa, L. Stems slender, nearly erect (1--11/2 deg. high), usually
hairy, as are the _lanceolate or linear leaves_ (1--4' long), which
commonly _taper to a sharp point_; cymes at length open; _calyx-teeth
slender awl-shaped and awn-like_, longer than the tube, loose or
spreading; lobes of the pink-purple or rose-red (rarely white) corolla
obovate, entire.--Dry or sandy woods, prairies, etc., N. J. to Minn.,
south to Fla. and Tex. May, June.
6. P. amoena, Sims. Stems ascending (1/2--11/2 deg. high), mostly simple;
_leaves broadly linear, lanceolate or ovate-oblong_, abruptly acute or
blunt (1/2--11/2' long), on sterile shoots often ovate; _cyme mostly compact
and sessile, leafy-bracted; calyx-teeth awl-shaped or linear_,
sharp-pointed, but seldom awned, rather longer than the tube, straight;
lobes of the corolla obovate and entire (or rarely notched), purple,
pink, or sometimes white. (P. procumbens, _Gray_; not _Lehm._)--Dry
hills and barrens, Va. to Ky., south to Fla.
[++][++] _Sterile shoots from the base creeping or decumbent; leaves
rather broad._