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arly so: umbels many-flowered, e ted edo sparingly pubese cent: 
corolla- lobes _greenish-white, lanceolat 5.5-6 m ong: hood eps ate, 4—4.5 
. long, fully twice as long as the m anthers about 1.5 mm. long: 
follie les 8-11 cm. lon ng. [Asclepias Curtissii A. Gra E MN Nash A. 
arenicola Nash ]—Sandhills and ts pen. Fla. ns 
9. ANANTHERIX Nutt. Upright herbs, with relatively narrow leaf- 
blades. Calyx-lobes 5. Corolla rotate: lobes reflexed. Hoods relatively long, 
the bns converging high over the stigm ol- 
^n ie dd than oa caudicles. ice fusi- 
—One spec 
1. A. connivens (Baldw.) Feay. Plant ig. pa 
tall: leaf-blades elliptic to lanceolate, 3-8 
long, fleshy: peduncles a r than the Poen. 
umbels 2-6. borne along the naked or nearly 
naked upper il of the o Ca greenish ; 
lobes 9-10.5 mm. long: hoods white, incurved, 
8 
m. es Baer: 3.0 mm. long; ‘follicles 8-9 
ong.—Moist pinelands and ae Coastal 
Plain. Fla. to Miss. and Ga.—Sum e per 
pendieular root is nice: -seated in wet we 
10. ASCLEPIODORA A. Gray. Spreading herbs with alternate leaves. 
Calyx-lobes 4. Corolla rotate: lobes spreading. 
Hoods involute and hooded at the apex, with an 
internal ridge above the middle. Anthers equal- 
ling the gynostegium: wings rounded at the 
base.—About 6 species, North American. 
1. A. viridis (Walt.) A. Gray. Stem 2-6 dm 
ong, $ stout: leaf-blades a to lanceolate, 6- 
10 long, rather thin: ealyx-lobes about 4 
mm. tr iliolate: corolla-lobes greenish, 10—11 
long: hoods about 4.5 mm. long, purplish 
Or E. anther- bcn 2.0 mm. long: follieles e 
6-11 em. long.—Pinelands, open woods and fields, various provinces, Fla. to 
Tex., Kans., Tenn., and S. T —Spr.- 
li. A ODELLA Small. a herbs, with opposite leaves. Calyx- 
lobes 5. Corolla rotate: lobes spreading. Hoods 
ncave, open at the apex, ridged within mainly 
bie he middle. Anthers curving over the to 
of the gyn ht ga Wings sagittate at the 
base.—One specie 
1. A. Feayi (Chapm.) Small. Stem 2-4 a 
tall, sender leaf- ores ee filiform, 3-10 e 
lon alyx-lobes 1 . long: corolla- jos 
: : EU Siu Mr Feayi Chapm. ] 
—Pinelands, —Spr.-fall—tThis small milk- 
weed is Sees pn l, -F occurs as scattered plants in the open pinewoods. 
The slender Mm and very slender leaves are out of proportion to the rather 
large pale flos 
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