\C)2 



rol'f K.\l{ ILOHA. 



f ]'. 



I i 



S 



:, 



llic otluT out) ; tilt' 5 Kl)im«»nM on th«' <'oi«illa iillcinutt' with it"* loltcs ; tlio untbcrH j,'Pn«?- 

 lally iiitiif nr K»MH iidln'ii'iit tn tin* Hti^'iiiii. Oviiiirs 2; Imi ilic >ti^iiias iiml oftt-n tlio 

 Ktvli'.salM<i, united intoimi' ; tin; fruit twttM'itaialr [kmIs. SiH-tlH^'t-nt rally many, and with 

 a tiil't of down at nn«* did. 



Curollii with II fuiiiiul-Hlia])(>iI tiibn iitiil 11 wb«');1-!t]ia|i<Ml 5-partt>(l Ixtnlor: Mty1*> t. 



LiMVcH ni'iH'iiillv ill wlmiN. Sliidti. willi liin;f n<Nt' Cdliiiiii'd lluwi-is, {\iriiiiii) •Ol.KANnKR, 

 I,»'avi's o|i|ioMit«', t'\fi(^r«iMi ill llu- cuiuiiiuii fit(r|tiii:; M|i<'<!ii'N. l''l. lilin-, ( I'nicit) *I*l KIWlNKI.K. 

 Li'tivus alternate, very many, nairuw. Krct-t lifil)H witii |ialuliliitt Halvi r-Mlia)ii-il 



ttowfiH : H»<'.ls not tiiftfd, (AiiiMuiiKi) Amsoma. 



Corullu bull Hhu|if«l, white ui piukiili: Htyle iiuiie. ileib-t, witli uiipDHJtu leav(>«, 



{Alioci/iium) DouiiANR. 



I, SrHKAIHNO J). 



4C9 



4418 



Dogbane. Apoet/nnm. 



IbaiiciiOH of the low erect stem widely diverging ; Iiuvch ovato or oval ; cvtiion 



ffwtliiwcMMl ; lulieHiifi'iiriillii 

 fh/ reciii vitl ; tube Hborter than 



the calyx. Thii kots, A:c. 



A. (iiiiirn.fniiifo.'iinn, 



2. IIk.mp D. or Imuan IIkmp. 

 Stem ami luaiiches erect or 

 nNctinlin.: ; cymes fi'w flow- 

 ered ; lobes of the corolla 

 not recurved, tlie tube not 

 longer tliuu the c:dy.\. 



A. '■iiiiiiu'iiiiinn, 



■liX. Sinnmlt i<{ n |>l.iiit nf Ituxli.ni''. No. 1, 



will t\i<» 1)1 .iihI ||I'||n. 



lilT. I'Mowcis. I'lilieiti'il. 



4i; . I'liiWiT «|ili ihi' CmiiiIIii cut ;iw:iy, lo 



HIkiW tllc> tiMlll'llS. 



i'V.i. '\'\ir st.iiii' lit takiMi ini;iy. ti stiowtim 



)i|sllU, iH.i i.V;ll|.-. Willi llic'il \ni, huxo 

 Nli.-IIIIIH lllllK'll llltll OIH' iiia^i 



ITii. A xr.il, with Its I lift (if Umn Imlri "r 

 iliiwii lU ciiu- I'liil. 



71. MILKWEED FAMILY. Order ASCLEPIADACE.E. 



Plants with milky juici', tnnoh l»aik, and in tithci' rcsjKMts like tin- Doj^dianc family, 

 liul with till' 5 ^hoit staiiit'iis all united l»y tlu'ir tilamt'iUs into a iin|,^ oi' tulie, the 

 nntlu'is ^rown last to tin* laij^'c sti<,niia, and the j^iains of |iollcn in i-adi cidl cohcrin;^' 

 into a waxy or toU|^li mass. FIowims in simplf uiiibfls. Pods a ])aii' of niany-sctMlod 

 follich's : .seeds furnislie<l with a lon;^' tuft of silky down at one end (Ki^' 229\ The 

 flowers in this family ai-e cuiiou.s, hut ajc too dillicult fur the beginner. The two 

 common genera may be distinguished as follows : — 



Corolla 5-pftrted, reflexed : five hoods to the stamens, with a horn in each, {Aurleinas) Mir.KWEED. 

 Corolla, Ac, as iu Milkweed, but the hoods wiibout any horn, (Accratetf) Gheen-Milkweed. 



