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  usculis, 
  umbellis 
  caulinis 
  subpaniculatis 
  paucifloris, 
  lepanthii 
  laciniis 
  

   longissimis. 
  — 
  Hah. 
  In 
  damp 
  pine 
  barrens 
  near 
  St 
  Mary's. 
  

  

  2. 
  A. 
  *panicidatus 
  (Asclepias 
  viridis? 
  Walter, 
  p. 
  107; 
  Pursh, 
  1, 
  p. 
  

   183?). 
  Foliis 
  sparsis 
  ovato-oblongis 
  obtusiusculis 
  mucronulatis 
  ; 
  um- 
  

   bellis 
  divisis 
  subpaniculatis 
  ; 
  lepanthium 
  corolla 
  duplo 
  brevius 
  ; 
  follicu- 
  

   lis 
  muricatis. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  angular 
  and 
  smooth, 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  feet 
  

   high 
  ; 
  leaves 
  scattered, 
  numerous, 
  ovate-oblong, 
  shortly 
  petiolate, 
  nearly 
  

   smooth 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  scabrous, 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  to 
  

   one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  broad, 
  axills 
  and 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  petioles 
  producing 
  

   minute 
  and 
  soft 
  spines 
  ; 
  umbells 
  several, 
  terminal, 
  rather 
  loose, 
  branch- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  few-flowered, 
  with 
  the 
  flowers 
  fastigiate 
  ; 
  peduncles 
  about 
  an 
  

   inch 
  long 
  ; 
  calix 
  small, 
  appressed, 
  5-parted, 
  segments 
  linear-lanceolate 
  ; 
  

   corolla 
  subcampanulate, 
  deeply 
  5-cleft, 
  divisions 
  large 
  and 
  ovate, 
  exter- 
  

   nally 
  depressed 
  lengthways 
  along 
  the 
  centre, 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  connivent 
  and 
  

   erect, 
  colour 
  yellowish-green 
  ; 
  lepanthium 
  contiguous 
  with 
  the 
  corolla, 
  

   5-lobed, 
  variegated 
  purple 
  and 
  white 
  ; 
  lobes 
  compressed, 
  obtusely 
  cari- 
  

   nate, 
  hollow 
  and 
  rounded, 
  and 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  summit, 
  with 
  the 
  folds 
  

   closed, 
  an 
  internal 
  thickish 
  lamella 
  arising 
  near 
  the 
  internal 
  summit 
  

   closing 
  the 
  fold 
  and 
  longitudinally 
  adnate 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  five 
  inter- 
  

   calary, 
  obtuse 
  and 
  somewhat 
  crustaceous 
  dentures 
  interposed 
  betwixt 
  

   the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  lepanthium; 
  antheridium 
  roundish, 
  obtusely 
  pent- 
  

   agonal, 
  the 
  lateral 
  fissures 
  situated 
  within 
  the 
  salient 
  angles 
  ; 
  the 
  usual 
  

   membranaceous 
  cusps 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  stigma 
  thick 
  and 
  discoid, 
  pentagonal 
  ; 
  

   pollinia 
  disposed 
  as 
  in 
  Asclepias, 
  the 
  masses 
  somewhat 
  scymitar-shaped, 
  

   their 
  stipes 
  articulated; 
  follicles 
  two, 
  muricated 
  with 
  soft 
  spines; 
  seeds 
  

   comose. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  Cedar 
  prairie 
  near 
  Fort 
  Smith, 
  and 
  also 
  near 
  Red 
  

   river. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  3. 
  A. 
  *decumbens. 
  Foliis 
  sparsis 
  suboppositis 
  ovato-lanceolatis 
  prae- 
  

   longis 
  acutis 
  ; 
  umbella 
  subglobosa 
  terminali 
  ; 
  lepanthium 
  corollae 
  sub- 
  

   aequale. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Perennial. 
  Stems 
  numerous, 
  simple, 
  decumbent, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  angular, 
  twelve 
  to 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  crowded 
  with 
  shortly 
  

   petiolated, 
  long 
  and 
  lanceolate 
  leaves, 
  acute 
  and 
  scabrous 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  

   The 
  general 
  aspect 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  umbell 
  

   is 
  solitary, 
  terminal 
  and 
  crowded; 
  peduncles 
  pubescent, 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  

  

  