APOCYNUM ANDROS MIFOLIUM. 
united. Stigmas united into one, which is common to both 
styles. 
Fruit. Follicles two, rarely one of them abortive. 
Seeps. Numerous, pendulous, with or without a coma, al- 
buminous. Embryo foliaceous. 
Tue Seconpary CyaRacTers. 
Apocynum. Calyx very small. Corolla campanulate. 
Lobes short. Stamens included. Filaments short, arising 
from the base of the corolla, and alternate, with five glandu- 
lar teeth. Anthers sagittate, connivent, cohering to the stig- 
ma by the middle. Ovaries two. Stigmas connate. Folli- 
cles long, sublinear, distinct. 
Corolla bell-form. Stamens with converging anthers, proceeding from the mid- 
dle of the stigma, and alternating with five nectaries. Stigma thick, almost sessile. 
Follicles in pairs, long, linear. 
. Tae Speciric CHaracTers. 
ApocyNUM aNDROSEMIFOLIUM. Smooth. Leaves ovate. 
Cymes \ateral and terminal. Limb of corolla spreading. ‘The 
tube longer than the calyx. 
___ Stem erect and branching. Leaves ovate, glabrous. Cymes lateral and terminal. 
EE ee Pe Ream HE eprentne es 
Tue Artiricira, CHARACTERS. 
~ Cuass Penranpria. Stamens five. Orper Dicynia. Mo- 
nopetalous. Stamens inserted on be ig distinct. Leaves 
opposite. Juice milky. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
: The plant Docnanr i is indigenous, perennial, and herba- 
‘ceous. It flourishes in all parts of the United States, from 
Yanada to Carolina. It is found in woods, hills, and in dry 
ils, along fences, and in old fields. It is rare in 
soils, or on rich Jand. It blossoms in summer from 
It ahieae a little “peat « added to common soil, 
