APOCYNACE. 
Dogbanes. 
No. 59. 
APOCYNUM ANDROSAMIFOLIUM. 
Docsane. Bitter-root, Milkweed, Indian Hemp. 
Geog. Position. America. 
Quality. Bitter. 
Power. Tonic, vermifuge. 
Use. Dropsy, intermittent fever, syphilis. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Classification. 
Orver APOCYNACE. — 
Linnean Classification. — 
Crass V. Pentandria. Orpver Digynia. 
AvutuHorittieEs. — Lin. Sp. Pl. 311. Willd. Sp. Pl. I. 1259. Pursh, Flor. N. A. 
I. 179. Lind. Flor. Med. 54. Bigelow, Med. Bot. II. 148. Raf. Med. Flor. I. 49. 
U.S. Disp. 106. Ec. Disp. U. S. 69. Loud. Encye. Pl.194. Ballard and Garrod, 
Mat. Med. 333. Thomson, Mat. Med. 107. Pereira, Mat. Med. II. 375. Griff. 
Med. Bot. 449. Gray, Bot. Text-Book, 853. Beach, Fam. Ph. 646. —_ 
Bot. Med. 218. Kost, Mat. Med. 123 Wood, Class-Book, 456. 
Genus APOCYNUM. 
From the Greek &é, away, and xv'er, a dog; that is to say, hn 
dogs must be driven. Pliny says his Apocynum is mortal to 
Synonymes.—L’apocin (Fr.), Der Hundekohl (Ger.), Apocino ri raed 
(Sp.), Hondsdood (Dutch), Hundedod (Dan.). 
Tue Essentian CHARACTERS. 
Catyx. Sepals five, united at base, persistent. 
Corotia. Five-lobed, regular, twisted in estivation, decid | 
ous. 
Sramens. Five, arising from the corolla and shined a 
its segments. Filaments distinct. Anthers two-celled, open- 
ing lengthwise, sometimes slightly connected. Pollen gran- 
ular, globose or five-lobe 
diana = as 
Ovary. Two, distinct or rarely united) Styles distinct or 
