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Asclepias Nivea. Almond-Leaved 

 Swallow-Wort. 



Pentandria Digynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Contorta. Netlaria 5, ovata, concava, corniculura ex- 

 ferentia. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ASCLEPIAS nivea j foliis oppofitis ovato-lanceolatis inferne 

 tomentofis, caule fimplici nodofo puberulo, 

 umbellis lateralibus laxis, pedicellis filiformibus 

 pedunculum aequantibus. 



ASCLEPIAS nivea ,• foliis ovato-lanceolatis glabriufculis, 

 caule fimplici, umbellis ere&is lateralibus foli- 

 tariis. Syjl. Vegetab. 259. Hort. Kew. 1. 306. 

 mild. Sp. PL 1266. 



ASCLEPIAS nivea. Sp. PL 313- 



ASCLEPIAS caule ereBo fimplici annuo, foliis lanceolatis 

 ovatis glabris, pedunculis alternis, umbellis 

 ereQis. Gron. Virg. 27. ed. 2. p. 37. 



APOCYNUM americanum foliis amygdali longioribus. Vlum. 

 Spec. 2. It. 30. 



APOCYNUM Perficarice mitis folio, corniculis laQeis. Dill. 



Elth.^.t. 29./. 3 2 -- ? 



Descr. Stems erea, fimple, rounded, fwoln at the infer- 

 tion of the leaves, clothed with a minute foft pubefcence. 

 Leaves oppofite, fubfeflile, ovate-lanceolate, fmoothifli above, 

 tomentofe underneath: tomentum of the older ones white, of 

 the younger greenifh. Peduncles alternate, obliquely erect, 

 inferted between the leaves, not in the axils: one, fometimes 



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