acuminata, 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA,  Asclepias. 
11. A. foliis amplexicaulibus oblongis rotundato-obtusis un- 
datis, umbella terminali longius pedunculata multi- 
flora glabra, corniculis exertis. Mich. fl. amer. 1. 
p. 115. 
A. purpurascens. Walt. fl. car. 105. | 
In sandy fields: New Jersey to Carolina. Y. June— 
- Aug. v.v. Flowers large, purple. 
12, A. tota glauca; caulibus decumbentibus simiplicibus, 
foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus venosis, corniculis i 
litescentibus compresso-ligulatis. Mich, fl. umer. 1. 
..115. : 2 
Vire oi Walt. fl. car. 105. 
In barren sandy fields : Carolina and Georgia. Y. June, 
July. v. v. Leaves red-veined, thick ; flowers hand- 
some, md. . . 
13. A. caule erecto glabro simplici, foliis ovatis subcordatis 
acuminatis brevi-petiolatis, superioribus sessilibus ; 
umbellis lateralibus solitariis erectis. ; 
A. cordata. Walt. fl. car. 105, ; 
In deep cedar-swamps, and on the banks of rivers: New 
Jersey. Y. July. v.v. Flowers red and white ; 
: Stem about two feet high ; roots very large, resembling 
those of 4. tuberosa. 
14. A. caule erecto glabro, foliis subsessilibus ovali-lanceola- 
tis sensim angustatis acutissimis glabris: supra ad oras - 
., asperiusculis.— Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 347. e 
On the river Althamaha, Georgia. Michaux. Y- Joly. 
v.s. Flowers purple. : 
15. A. caule erectiusculo glabro oligophyllo, sursum nudo, 
foliis linearibus longissimis glabriusculis, umbellis ter- 
minalibus paucifloris.— Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 118. 
A. lanceolata. Walt. fl. car. 105. i 
In sandy wet meadows : Virginia and Lower Carolina. 
= Y. June, July. v.v, Flowers red, with yellow ap- 
16. A. caule simplici erecto piloso, foliis elliptico-linearibU 
. pubescentibus supra POM ben a umbella lateralis 
solitaria pauciflora, petalis erectis calyce multoties 
longioribus, nectariis lunulatis patentibus corniculis - 
nullis.— Walt. fl.car. 106. — PE gr ae T 
On dry sandy fields of South Carolina. Walter. Neat 
Fort Barrington. Lyon. Y. June. v.s, im Herb — 
Lyon. nec non Walter, The whole plant not above 
