APOCYNACEAE — OLEANDER 



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spreading ; leaves ovate, petioled ; cymes loose, spreading, both terminal and 

 axillary ; calyx segments shorter than the tubes of the corolla ; the latter pale 

 rose color, open, bell-shaped. 



Distribution. Common borders of thickets from Canada to British Columbia 

 to Arizona and Georgia. 



Apocynum cannabinum L. Indian Hemp 



Glabrous or more or less soft-pubescent, 2-3 feet high, smooth, terminated 

 by an erect, close, many-flowered cyme; corolla lobes nearly erect; the tube 

 not longer than the lanceolate segments of the calyx ; greenish white ; appear 

 in July and August. 



Distribution. Common species eastward and troublesome as a weed in 

 northern Mississippi Valley. 



Poisonous properties. Said to be poisonous to live stock. 



Fig. 398. Indian Hemp (Apocynum can- 

 nabinum). Flowering and fruiting branches. 

 Bundle of fibers from stem. Section of flower 

 Furnishes a good bast fiber. (Dodge, U. S 

 Dept. Agr.) 



Neriiim. Oleander 



Shrubs; leaves coriaceous, rigid, closely and transversely veiny; flowers 

 showy, in terminal cymes; corolla salverform or tube narrow, funnelform ; 

 stamens attached to the middle of the tube ; style 1 ; ovaries 2, forming pods ; 

 seeds tufted. Native to the Levant and India. 



