PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Asclepias, 
three inches high ; flowers large in proportion, green- 
ish yellow ; fructification on a pedicel. 
17. A, caulibus erectis, foliis petiolatis oblongis obtusis læ- 
: vibus, umbellis paucis terminalibus, petalis erectis 
calyce multo longioribus, nectariis integris patulis bre- 
vibus.— Walt, fl. car, 107. + 
South Carolina, Walter. M. v. s. in Herb. Lyon. 
Flowers large ; petals green ; nectaries purple; fruc- 
, tification white. This and the preceding species de- 
. viate from the general character of Asclepias, and pro- 
bably constitute a distinct genus; but having had no 
opportunity to examine the living plant, I refer them 
to this genus until another opportunity may be had 
to investigate them. 
18. A. caulibus erectis simplicibus glabris, foliis ovatis acu- 
^ minatis petiolatis : in medio cauli majoribus quaternis, 
Uumbellis duabus terminalibus laxidoris, pedicellis fili- 
formibus, — Jacq. obs. 2. t. 23. : 
On lime-stone rocks: New York to Virginia. 2. May 
—July. v. v. From nine inches to a foot high; 
flowers small, sweet-scented; petals white ; nectaries 
rose-coloured, 
; ** Foliis sparsis. i 
. 19. A. caule erecto simplicissimo lineatim puberulo, foliis 
angustissime linearibus strictis glabris plerumque ver- 
. ticillatis, corniculis exertis, Mich. fl. amer. 1, p. 116. 
Willd.sp.pl. 1.p.1272. —— i 
Icon.. Pluk. mant. t. 336. f. 4. de ~: 
On dry hills and fields : New Jersey to Carolina. %. 
. June, July. v.v. Petals yellowish-green ; nectaries 
A. white. 
, À. caule decumbente foliisque sparsis praelongo-lineari- 
TA E ae vacuis. Mich. fl. amer.1. 
ee HGe * 
god incarnata. Walt. fl. car. 106. ir^ 
_ A, floridana. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 284. | 
In shady wet woods: Carolina and Georgia. 2. July, 
2 v. s, Flowers pale purple ; fructification yel- 
9i. A. caule erectiusculo summitate divaricato-ramoso hir- 
Sutissimo, folis sparsis oblongo-lanceolatis hirsutis, 
.. bus puberulis, appendicibus corollae corpusculo genita- - 
183. 
viridis. 
quadrifolia. 
verticillata. 
t 
longifolia 
