WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 



noticeable curve from one side of the centre of 

 the leaf whorl. The long-pointed, green sepals 

 alternate with the petals, and the ten, long, spreading, 

 white, orange-tipped stamens are united in a ring 

 around the pistil at their base. 



INDIAN HEMP. AMY-ROOT 



Apocynum cannabtnum. Dogbane Family. 



This species is very similar to the Spreading Dog- 

 bane. The five-pointed, tubular flowers, however, 

 are very small and greenish white and are borne 

 erect in terminal clusters. The plant is somewhat 

 less scrawly and grows from about one to four feet in 

 height from a deep, vertical root. It is found in 

 gravelly or sandy soils, chiefly near streams, and varies 

 greatly. It flowers from June to August. The tip 

 of the long, oval leaf is very sharply pointed, and the 

 juice is milky and sticky. The tough-fibred stalks 

 offer a substitute for hemp, and were employed by the 

 Indians fo making twine, fish nets, baskets and kindred 

 articles. The root is used in medicine to some 

 extent. Indian Hemp is found in fields and thickets 

 from Florida and lower California, northward into 

 the British Possessions. 



WHORLED MILKWEED 



Asclepias verticillata. Milkweed Family. 



This dainty, low growing Milkweed is characterized 

 by the extremely small, narrow leaves which are 

 arranged in whorls along the milky, swaying stalk. 



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