AsCLEPiAs. PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA, 281 



Hab. In woods; plentifully about Bloomingdale on the Island 

 of New-York, and on Long-Island, a few miles from Brook- 

 lyn. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. July. 



4. A. obfMslfolia M i c h. : leaves amplexicaul, oblong-ob- 

 tuse, undulate, very smooth, glaucous beneath; umbel ter- 

 minal, long-pedunculate, generally solitary ; nectary slightly 

 ■i-toothed ; horns exserted. Mich. FL 1. p. 1 1 5. P u r s h 

 F/.l. p. 182. Elliott Sk.\.^.^1\. Rocm. <^ Schult, 

 VI. p. 74. A. purpuras cens Walt. Car. p. 105. 



■Rooi very long. Stem 2 — 3 feet high, erect, simple, very smooth, 

 purplish. Leaves 3 inches long, remarkably undulate on the 

 margin, generally very obtuse, or even emarginate ; the 2 lowest 

 pairs sometimes closely approximate. Umbel generally so- 

 litary, on a long naked peduncle, many-flowered ; pedicels 

 nearly smooth, about an inch long. Floivers longer than in 

 the preceding species. Calyx smooth. Corolla pale purple, 

 with a tinge of green. Leaflets of the nectary longer than the 

 antheridium, a little cucuUate, with a short central cusp ; horn 

 subulate-falcate. Follicles large, unarmed. 



Hab. In sandy fields and on sand-hills. On a hill near Flush- 

 ing, Long-Island, where it was first pointed out to me by Mr. 

 Pl^m. R. Prin c e. In the pine barrens of New-Jersey. 

 Fairfield, New-York. Had ley. Cambridge. Steven- 

 .1 n. Sandy woods, near Schenectady. L. C. Beck. 

 Deerfitld, Massachusetts. Co o ley and Hi t c h c o c k. In 

 Pennsylvania. Muhlenbe rg. June — July. 



5. A. laurifolia Mich.: stem erect, smooth 5 leaves 

 subsessile, oval-lanceolate, tapering to the summit, very acute, 

 smooth ; umbels on long peduncles, terminal and axillary. 

 M ich. F/. \. p. \n. Pursh Fl. \.p. 182. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 322. Eoem. <^ Schult. VL p. 75. 



Stem 2 feet high, generally erect, near the summit pubescent, 

 lower down marked by a decurrent hairy line. Leaves obtuse 

 at the base, sessile ; margin somewhat rough and shghtly ci- 

 liate. Umbels few, near the summit; common fieduncle 2 — 5 

 inches long. Corolla 3—4 tinies as long as the calyx, green 

 on the outer surface, bright purple within. Leaflets of the 

 nectary acute, as long as the corolla, and twice as long as the 

 ant/ieridium, of a bright purple approaching to orange ; horn 

 ratbf.1 shorter than the leaflets. EIL , 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. August. 



6. A. incarnata L. : stem erect, branched above, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves subsessile, lanceolate, tomentose; umbels erect, 

 generally by pairs; nectary entire; horns subulate, exserted. 

 Willd.Spec.l.p.1'267. M i c h. FL L p. 1\5. Pursh 

 FL I. p. 181. £ Hi otlSk. I. p. 320. Ro em. ^r S chul t, 

 Vi. p. 72, 



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