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ASCLEPIAS curassavica. 

 Curassoa Swallow-wort. 



PEXTANDRIA DIGYXLi. 



ASCLEPIAS. SuprdJbL 78. 



A. curassavica, foliis lanceolatis petiolatis glabris, nitidis, caulr siaiplici, 



umbellis erectis solitariis lateralibus. linn. $p. pi. \. SJ4. 

 Asclepias curassavica. Mill. diet. ed. 8. n, 1 . SwartZ obi. 106. Jacq. 



misce/l. 1. 22. t. 2. /. 2. llort. Kew. I. 30(j. erf. 2. 2. 81. Wit Id. 

 sp.pl. 1. 1266. 



A. erecta, foJiis angustis acuminatis vcrticillator ternatis, floribus umbcl- 



latis termiuatricibus. Browne jam. IS3. 2. 



Apocviuun radice fibrosa, petalis coccineis, corniculis croceis. D///. 

 */M. 34. *. 30. f. 33. 



A. curassavicum s. americanum, fibrosa radice, floribus aurautiis, Clia- 

 manierii foliis latioribus. Herm. paradis. 36. t. 30. 



A. erectum folio oblongo Hore umbellato petalis coccineis reflexis. 



Sloanejam. \. 206. t. 12Q./. 45. 

 A. curassavicum fibrosa radice floribus aurantiis Chamsenerii foliis augus- 



tioribus. Pluk. aim. 36. Phyt. t. 138./. 3. 



Radix perennis, fibrosa. Caulis erectus, bipedalis v. magh, teres, viridis, 



lanugine alba rard obsoleiius pubescens. Folia saturate virentia, d'/stantius 

 decussata, lanceolato-oblonga, in petiolum prolixiiis attcnuata, subglabra, nervo 

 medio emittente alios laterales subadscendentes. Pedunculi interpctiolares, 

 ad paria superior a foliorum alterni, solitarily umbella pluri flora erect a laxft 



simplici terminally pedicellis basi bracteolatis. Foliola calycis virentia> lan- 

 ceotata, acuta, vitlosiuscula, rejlexa, duplo breviora corolla. Cor. crocato- 

 coccinea, laciniis deflexis, lanceolatis, apice incurvulis. Corona staminca 

 aurantiaco-jlavescens, brevis ; foliolis medio tubo qffixis, cucullatis, obturim* 

 mis, singulis corniculum subulatum super stigma ascendens # infiexum exse- 

 rentihmfundo. Stigma maximum, apice piano depressum. l : oUic\i\ij'u> [formes, 

 subtriuncialeSy crassitudine digili. 



Grows naturally in the West Indies. In Jamaica it 

 known by the name of " Wild Ipecacuanha," and is said 

 be employed by the negroes for the same medicinal purpo 

 for which the genuine Ipecacuanha is used. 'Die seed, buo} 

 a silkv nlume. is wafted far and near like that of ( 



thistles, like that attaches itself 



parates at last from the plume which has 

 pended it, to seek the soil and germinate: proving by 

 habit a troublesome weed. Even in our hothouses, w 

 it seeds freely, an inconvenience is perceived in as f; 

 the other plants are disfigured by the downy seed. 



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