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FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 



Fig. 191. The Indian Hemp or Dogbane {Apocynuui cannabhium). 

 (After Dodge, Rep't. No. 9, U. S. Dept. of Agric ) 



few instances the fruits are edible. Many climbing shrubs, like Alhi- 

 moMda and Ecldtes, have handsome iiowers, and are familiar in green- 

 Iiouse cultivation. 



The principal representative in our territor}^ is the genus Apocy- 

 num, known as dogbane. It has rather attractive small pink flowers, 

 succeeded by long narrow fruits with winged seeds. A. cannabiniim, 

 one of the plants called Indian hemp, furnishes a good tough fiber (Fig. 

 191). 



