8:^6 



PENTANDRIA DlGll 



fruticoso, ramoso ; urn- 



ed 



stem 



bellis coiymbosis. 



E. 



V 



brandling ; 

 rymbose. 



frutescentj 

 umbels co* 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 19,75, Mich, 1. p. 117. Pursh, 1. p. 183. 

 A. decumbens, Walt^ p. 106. 



Root^ tuberous, perennial. Stem erect, and decumbent, hirsute, 

 perennial, branching near the summit, mth the branches expanding. 

 Leaves sometimes much crowded, sessile, or with petioles, obtuse at 

 base, slightly undulate and revolute. Umheh erect, and from the 

 the curvature of the expanding branches frequently forming a large 

 corymb. Corolla and croivn bright orange coloured ; corjiusde tinged 

 with green ; leaves of the crown twice as long as the corpuscle. 



I possess a variety of this plant coMected by the late Robert For- 



teous, Esq. of Beaufort, in which the leaves are uniformly opposite ; 

 in all other respects it agrees minutely with the common species 



Grows in dry, sandy soils. 

 Flowers May — September. 



Tleitrhy root* 





Notwithstanding the celebrity of the root of this plant as a remedy 

 for pleurisies, it can only be considered as an auxiliary. A decoction, 

 taken warm, promotes perspiration and acta very slightly on the 

 bowels and urinary discharge. 



PODOSTIGMA. 



E. 



Corpusculum pedicel- 



Corpuscle on a pedicel. 



latum. MaHS(E pnllinis \ Pollen ?nasses io, smooth. 

 10, Iseves, pendulaj. Co- pendulous. Stamimai 



rona staminea 5-phylla; 

 foriolis conipiessis. 



rolla campanulata. 

 liculi lajves, 



1. PUBESCENS. 



P. caule erecto; 



Co- 

 Fol- 



ey oucn 5 leaved ; 



leaves compressed. 

 rolla campanulatc. 

 licles smooth. 



the 



Co- 



FoU 



foliis 



Stem erect ; leaves li- 



Hnearibus ; umhellis ter- | near ; umbels terminal 

 minalibus axillaribusque ; 



■* ■ 



coipusculo pedicellato. 



Asclepias pedicellata, Walt. ] 

 Perennial. Stem erect, 12 



and axillary ; corpuscle 

 on a pedicel. 



Pursh, 1. p. 182. 



— 18 inches high, terete, pubescent, 

 ifcr^s 1 — 2 inches long, 2 lines wide, acute at each end. Umbels 

 on short peduncles, few flowered. Flowers rather large. Corolla 

 oblong, erect, yellowish green. Leaves of the crown about one third 



