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the middle to the stigma. Germs 2, uniting at the summit Into one 

 stjle nearly as long as the stamens. Five thick, obtuse, fleshy, dark 

 coloured bodies surround the base of the germs. Follicles long. 

 straight, slender. ° 



Grows in damp, rich soils } in high river swamps, not rare. 

 Flowers May — August. 



Since the Catalogue of Genera prefixed to this class was printed 

 I have seen Brown*s admirable view of the natural orders of the 

 Asclepiadese and Apocynese, in the transactions of the "Werneriaft 

 Society ef Edinburgh. This plant, the Echites of preceding authors, 

 certainly, from its corolla, belongs to the Parsonsia of Brown, al- 

 though , by its included stamens, it varies from one character of tiiat 

 genua* 



AMSONIA. Walt. 



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FolUculi duo, erecti. I Follicles two, erect 

 Ci^ro/Za infundibiilifoimis, | Corolla funnel shaped 

 faiice claiisa. Semina j with the throat closed! 

 teretia, nuda, apicibus ob- | Seeds terete, naked, 

 lique-triuicatis. | the summit obliquely 



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A. caule glabriusculo ; I Stem glabrous ; leaves 

 foliis ovali-lanceolatisj su- I oval lanceolate, the up- 

 perioribus promisse acu- j per conspicuously acu- 

 minatis, subtus ad nervos I rainate, pubescent on the 

 pubescentibus, Pursb, l. I under surface along the 

 p. 184. I nerves. 



Mich. l.p. 121. 



Amsonia Tabernamontana, Walt. p. 98. 

 Taberneemontana amsonia, Sp. pi. 1. p. 1246. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, about 2 feet high, glabrous; 

 Leaves alternate, on very short footstalks, slightly glaucous under- 

 neath. Flowers in terminal, corymbose panicles, pale blue. FolH' 

 des long, slender, cylindrical. Seeds without any terminal tuft of 

 hair, nearly black. 



Grows in damp soils. Very common in the middle country of Ca- 

 rolina and Georgia. 



Flowers April— May. 



S. Salicifolia. 



A. caule laevigato ; fo- | Stem smooth ; leaves 

 His lineari-laiiceolatis, u- | linear lanceolate, acute 



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