PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Asclepias: 
Jeon. Dill. elth. t. 29. f. 32... Bot. mag. 1187. 
Onu the banks of rivers in sandy or gravelly soil: Virgi- 
«Bia to Carolina. Y. July, Aug. v.v. Flowers 
white, 
6. A. caule erecto superne ramoso tomentoso, foliis lanceo- 
latis utrinque subtomentoso-lanuginosis, umbellis plu- 
ribus origine geminis, corniculis appendicum exertis. 
Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 115, Willd.sp, pt. 1. p. 1267. 
Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 107. ; 
p. Willd. l, c. 
In swamps and on river banks; common. Y. June—. 
Aug. v. v. Flowers red. The variety B. is more hairy, 
in every other respect no ways different; sometimes 
the leaves are quite smooth, and only pubescent on the 
upper part of the stem. : 
7. A. caule simplici bifariam puberulo, foliis subsessilibus 
oblongo-ovalibus subtus pubescentibus, umbellis ter- 
minalibus nectariisque erectis, appendicibus exertis.— 
Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 1265. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 27. f. 30. 
In wet meadows, on the edges of woods and ditches : 
New England to Virginia. 24. July, Aug. v. v. 
Flowers beautiful purple. 
.. 8. A. caule simplici, foliis ovatis subtus villosis, umbellis 
erectis, nectariis resupinatis, Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 1265. 
—.. leon. Dill. elth. t. 28. Jat, i 
In shady swamps: Virginia and Carolina. 4. July, 
— Aug. v.v. Flowers purple. . C uu 
9. A. caule simplici erecto hirsuto, foliis lanceolato-oblongis 
^ -— obtusiusculis subsessilibus utrinque tomentoso-hirsutis, 
"umbellis lateralibus solitariis subsessilibus nutantibus 
subgloboso- densifloris, appendicibus nullis. ! 
An dry fields : Pensylvania to Virginia. 4. June, July. 
o w.v. Flowers green. 4 
A . hudis, umbellis subsessilibus pedicellis  tomentosis. 
dispo Ill. sp. pl. 1. p. 1265. Walt. fl. car. 104. 
- A. hybrida, Mich.fl.amer.1. p.115. = = > 
^ leon. Pluk. alm. t. 77. f. 1. Bot. mag. 1182- 
On dry sunny hills, on the borders of woods: New 
^. York to Carolina. Y. July, Aug. v.v. A very Dand- 
Some specie; flowers in dense umbels; petals aud 
10. A. caule simplici erecto, foliis ovatis petiolatis rugosis - 
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incarnata. 
pulchra. 
amoena, 
purpuras- 
cens 
