PENTAIJDKIA DIGYNIA. AsclepiaS. 



Iron. Dill. elth. t. 2g.f. 32. Bot. mag. 1 IS/. 



On the banks of rivers in sandy or gravelly soil : Virgi- 

 nia to Carolina. % . July, Aug, v. v. Flowers 

 white. 

 (5. A. caule erecto superne ramoso tomentoso, foliis lanceo- 

 latis utrinque subtomentoso-lanuginosis, umbellis plu- 

 ribus origine geminis, corniculis appendicum exertis. 

 Mich.Ji. amer 1 . p. 1 15. WlUd. sp. pi. 1 . p. 1207 . 



Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 107. 

 ^. IVilld. I. c. 



In swamps and on river banks ; common. 7/ . June — 

 Aug. V V. Flowers red. The variety (3. is more hairy, 

 in every other respect no ways different 3 sometimes 

 the leaves are quite smooth, and only pubescent on the 

 upper part of the stem. 



7. A. caule simplici bifariam puberulo, foliis subsessilibus 



obiongo-ovalibus subtus pubescentibus, umbellis ter- 



minalibus nectariisque ereciis, appendicibus exertis. — 



lVUld.sp.pl. \.p. 1205. 

 Icon. Dill. elth. t. 2/./ 30, 

 In wet meadows, on the edges of woods and ditches : 



New England to Virginia, 1/ . July, Aug. v. v. 



Flowers beautiful purple. 



8. A. caule simplici, foliis ovatis subtus villosis, umbellis 



ereclts, nectariis resupinatis. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 1265. 

 Icon. Dill. elth. t. 28./. 31. 

 In shady swamps : Virginia and Carolina, % . July, 



Aug. V. V. Flowers purple. 



9. A. caule simplici erecto hirsuto, foliis lanceolato-oblongis 



obtusiusculis subsessilibus utrinque tomentoso-hirsutis, 

 umbellis lateralibus solitariis subsessilibus nutantibus 

 subgloboso-densifloris, appendicibus nuUis. 

 In dry fields : Pensylvauia to Virginia. 11 , June, July, 

 V. V. Flowers green. 



JO. A. caule simplici erecto, foliis ovatis petiohitis rugosis 

 nudis. umbellis subsessilibus peJicellis tomeulosis. 

 ITilld. sp. pi. 1, p. 1265. IFalt.jl. car. 104. 



A. hvbrida. Mich.fi. amer. I. /). 115. 



Icon! Pluk. aim. L 77./. 1. B-)t. mjg. 1 182. 



On dry sunny hills, on the borders of woods : New 

 York to Carolina. % . July, Aug, v. v. A very hand- 

 some speciel; flowers in dense umbels j petals and 

 nectaries wliite : fructitication red. 



ISl 



tncarnata. 



pulchra. 



purpuras- 

 ceiis 



viridijlora. 



variegaltt. 



