180 MILKWEED FAMILY 



Asclepias lanceolata. Flowers red, few, in terminal umbels. 

 Stems 1-4 ft. tall. Leaves opposite, few, narrow, 4-10 in. 

 long. Wet grounds. Fla. to N. J. and Texas. 



Asclepias verticiUata. Flowers whitish, small, in globular 

 umbels. Stems slender, 1-2 ft. tall. Leaves thread-like, 1-2 

 in. long, in whorls of 3-6. Dry soil. Fla. to Texas and 

 northward. 



Podostigma pedicellata. Flowers greenish yellow, nearly V2 

 in. long, in few-flowered umbels. Stems 6-15 in. tall. Leaves 

 opposite, narrow, 1-2 in. long. Pods hairy, slender, 4-9 in. 

 long. Sandy soil. Blooming from spring to fall. Fla. to 

 N. C. 



Anantherix connivens. Flowers greenish white, fully y^ in. 

 long, in several few-flowered umbels. Divisions of crown 

 relatively long, incurved. Stems 1-2 ft. tall. Leaves opposite, 

 oblong, 1-3 in. long. Wet pinelands. Blooming in summer. 

 Fla. to Ga. and Ala. 



Asclepiodora Feayi. Flowers white or tinged with lavender, 

 star-shaped, about V2 in. across, in few-flowered terminal 

 umbels. Stems very slender, 6-18 in. tall. Leaves opposite, 

 very narrow, 1-4 in. long. Pinelands. Blooming in spring 

 and summer. Fla. 



Vincetoxicuiii pubiflorum. Flowers brownish, small, wheel- 

 shaped, minutely hairy, in few-flowered umbels in leaf-axils. 

 Stems spreading or prostrate, 8-20 in. long. Leaves opposite, 

 heart-shaped at base, about 1 in. long. Sandy soil. Blooming 

 from spring to fall. Fla. and Ga. 



TWINING VINES 



Philibertella clausa. Flowers white, slightly fragrant, V2 

 in. or more across, many, in stalked umbels from leaf-axils. 

 Seedpods 2-3 in. long. Leaves opposite, somewhat fleshy, 

 oblong or broadest near base, pointed, 1-3 in. long. Thickets. 

 Blooming all the year. Southern Fla. 



Metastelma Blodgettii. Flowers minute, whitish, in sessile 

 umbels in leaf-axils. Pods very slender, 1-2 in. long. Stems 

 delicate. Leaves opposite, narrow, less than y^ in. long. 

 Sandy soil. Blooming chiefly from spring to fall. Southern 

 Fla. 



