262 



WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 



170 



AH. 



168 



wounded, emits an abundance of milky juice, from which it receives one 

 of its common names ; the other being given to it on account of the 

 beautifully silky hairs of the seeds. The plant was named A. Syriaca, 

 by LINNJSUS, who perhaps thought it was a Syrian plant ; but it is an 

 exclusively American species. 



VIG. 168. The common Milkweed (Asclepias Cornuti) reduced, 169. A separate flower, 

 enlarged. 170. Pods, reduced. 



