184 



PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. AsclepiaS. 



decumbens. 



vimbellis subcoiymboso-terminalibus. — Willd. sp. pi. 



I. p. 1273. 

 Icon. Dill. ellh. t. 30./. 34, 

 , A. caule decumbente, foliis sublinearibus hirsutissiinis 



umbellis lateralibus. IVilld. sp. pi. I. p. 1268. 

 In stony or sandy fields and woods ; common. /3. In 



barren fields of Carolina, i/ . June, July. v. v. 



Flowers very showy ; petals and nectaries bright 



orange j fructification yellow, 



224. b. CEROPEGIA. Geji. pi. 431 . 



Iialuslris. !• C, foliis linearibus integerrimis, floribus umbellatis, pe- 



dunculis longitudiue foliorum, calycis laciniis linea- 

 ribus. 

 In salt marshes, winding round Scirpi and Junci : Ca- 

 rolina. Lyon. %. V. s.inHerh. Lyo7i.ner. mn IVal- 

 ter. The w hole habit of the plant is that of C. tenia- 

 flora. IVilld. sp. pi. 1. p. 1276. the flowers only 

 considerably smaller. 



225. AMSONIA. Wall. fl. car. QQ. 



A. caule glabriusculo, foliis ovali-lanceolatis superlori- 



bus proniisse acuminatis subtus ad nervos pubescenti- 



bus. — Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 121. 

 Tabern?emontana Amsonia. IVilld. sp. pi. \.p. 1246. 

 Icon. Pluk.phijt.t. \\5.f.'6. 

 In shady wet woods : Carolina. 1/ . May. v. v. Flowers 



in compound corymbous racemes, biue. 

 saUcifolia. 2. A. caule leevigato, foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque acu- 



tis glaberrimis. 

 In Carolina and Georgia. Lyon. 11. May. v. v. 



Flowers the sanie as the first species, more abundant. 

 angustijolia. 3. A. caule pubescente, foliis angusto-linearibus crebris 



erectis pubescentibus. Mich.fl. amer. \.p. 121. 

 Amsonia ciliata. Walt. fl,. car. QQ. 

 In sandy barrens of Carolina and Georgia. l/.May, 



June. V. s. in Herb. Walter. &c. Flowers of the same 



disposition and colour as both the foregoing species. 



luiifolia. 



226. GELSEMINUM. Juss. gen. pi. p. 168. 



nitidum. 1. G. scandens, glaberrimum; foliis lanceolatis, fasciculis 



axillaribus paucifloris. Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 120. 



