No. 349, 
ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA, 
pei Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
This is a native of the West Indies and 
South America, where the root is used as a 
vermifuge and for other medicinal pur- 
poses. It was early introduced into this 
country, and from the brillianey of its flow- 
ers, has generally been a favourite with cul. 
tivators. It usually blooms in the latter 
part of the summer, continuing a great 
while, and often producing ripe seeds, by 
which, as also by dividing the roots, the 
plant admits of ready propagation. Its soil 
should be loam, and it ought to kept in the 
stove, except during one or two of the hot- 
test months, when it can very well bear our 
atmosphere : its height seldom exceeds two 
feet. 
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