3GG ASCLEI'IADACE^E. (mILKWKED FAMILY.; 



gium, witli tlicir roumleil suniniits connivent over it — Wet pine barrens, Florida 

 and Georjiia. June and July. — Stetii l°-2° high. Leaves 1'- 2' long, some 

 what llcshy. Corolla 8"- 10" wide. 



* * Leaves alternate. 



3. A. paniculata, Dccaisnc. Closely pubescent ; stem angular, often 

 brandling ; leaves oblong or lance-oblong, acute or obtuse at each end, short- 

 petiok'd ; umbels corymbose, often compound ; corolla large, greenish, spread 

 ing or nearly erect ; leaves of tiie crown oblong, obtuse, ascending, shorter than 

 the nearly sessile gynostcgium. (Podostignia viridis, Ell.) — Dry pine barrens, 

 Florida to South Carolina. July. — Stem l°-l^°high, leafy to the summit. 

 Leaves 3'- 4' long. Corolla 1' wide. 



4. A. longifolia, Ell. Pubescent ; stem terete ; leaves linear and linear- 

 lanceolate, acute at each end, slightly pctioled, rough-margined, the lowest com- 

 monly opposite, sometimes whorlcd ; umbels pubescent, slendcr-peduncled, 

 many-flowered, alternate, opposite or vvhorled ; flowers small, pale pnrplc ; 

 corolla rcflexed ; leaves of the crown deep purple, oval, shorter than the gy- 

 nostegium, and adnate to its stalk; follicle lanceolate, tomentose. (A. longi- 

 folia, Michx. in part.) — Low pine barrens, Florida, and northward. July. — 

 Stem 1^-1^° high. Leaves 3' - 6' long. Corolla 4" wide. 



3. PODOSTIGMA, Ell. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-parted, with the lobes erect. Leaves of the crown 

 destitute of a horn, ascending, incurved-bcaked at the apex, united with the base 

 of the long and slender gynostegium. Stigma small, depressed. Seeds comose 

 — A low pubescent simple-stemmed perennial herb, with opposite lanceolate 

 sessile leaves, and few-flowered umbels on lateral peduncles. 



1. P. pubeseens, Ell. — Low pine bancns, Florida to North Carolina. 

 June -Oct. — Root tuberous. Stem 6' -12' high. Leaves erect, I' -2' long. 

 Umbels of 4 - 6 orange-colored flowers. Corolla 4" - .5" long, as long as the 

 pedicel, longer than the short peduncle, the oblong lobes wavy on the margins 

 Follicles linear-lanceolate, tomentose, 4' - 6' long, many-sccdcd. Seeds oval, 

 winged. 



4. METASTELMA, R Brown. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla bell-shajjcd, the lobes mostly hoary-pubescent within 

 Crown 5-leaved, inserted on the base or on the summit of the gynostegium. 

 Stigma flat. Follicles slender, smooth. Seeds comose. — Twming shrubs, with 

 smooth leaves. Umbels few-flowered. Flowers small, white. 



1. M. Schlectendalii, Decaisne. Branches pubescent ; leaves oblong 

 or obovate, cuspidate, rather acute at the base, on slender petioles ; peduncles 

 3-6-flowered, as long as the petiole, shorter than the pedicels; sepals obtuse, 

 ciliate ; lobes of the corolla ovate-lanceolate, incurved, densely pubescent within; 

 leaves of the crown oblong, inserted on the summit of the slender gynostegium, 

 as long as the stigma. — South Florida. — Leaves ^'- U' long, the margins rev- 

 olute. Corolla 2" long. Gynostegium 5-winged at the base. 



