ee ee Botany of Illinois and Missouri. 
of the latter from the eastern States, which difiers 
from the former as follows. ‘The flowers are larger and 
much less numerous. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, (resem- 
bling those of A. amena.) Leeafets of the nectary erect, not 
eucullate. : 
Asclepias tuberosa Lin. 
Var. cordata.* Leaves broad, cordate at base 
Has. Sandy prairies west of St. Louis—rare. June. 
Agrees in every respect with A. tuberosa, exceptin the leaves, 
which are about three fourths of an inch in breadth, and cor- 
date at base. 
Anantherax viridis Nx ¢ t 2 
Root perennial. Stem 2 to 3 feet any smooth, sparing- 
ly branched, deeply grooved. Leaves 3 to 4 inches long, 
scattered, jong, very obtuse, with eikonal point, ic] is 
minutely pubescent on both sides, with revolute margins; on 
shor Be ve Umbels, terminal, a ered. ~Pedicels an 
nch er. Calyx persistent, erect, five-parted ; 
ements “ ovate-lanceolate, hairy beneath. Corol erect, 
green, campanulate ; segments ovate, sub-acute, three or four 
times as large as the leafets of the calyx. Nectary ( Lepanthi- 
um Nutt.) simple, five-parted ; segments compressed, 
closed beth above and helors incuryed, longer than the 
antheridium, ya horn 
Has Webbed hills near the lead mines, in com- 
pany with Cinothera alata. May—June 
This rtainly belongs to the genus Anantherax of 
Nuttall, but it agi net altogether agree with his description 
of A. viridis. According to Mr. Elliott Asclepias connivens 
of Dr. Baldwin, ( Sdenelthenas viridis Nutt) has re leafets of 
the nectary (stamineal crown of R, Brown,) with short horns. 
Heuchera viscida P ur s h. 
Hav. Prairies near St. Louis. July. 
Sanicula marilandica Lin n. 
fe Fertile alluvions of the Mississi and other 
streams—common. May. _ -. neee 5 april 
as able: for the bite’ of poisonous snakes. The -leaves 
ete to a pulp and applied antertaliye to the wound. 
