No. 1067, 
ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
A native of North America, growing, as 
Pursh informs us, on dry hills and fields, 
from New Jersey to Carolina. It was 
known to Plukenet, as appears by his figure, 
tab. 336. We received it not long since. 
With us it is a slender herbaceous plant, 
growing about a foot in height, and flower- 
ing late in the autumn. y 
It requires a little protection in the win- 
ter, and may be increased by division of the 
root. The soil should be peat and loam. 
