222 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 
Fic. 191. The Indian Hemp or Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum). 
(After Dodge, Rep’t. No. 9, U. S. Dept. of Agric ) 
few instances the fruits are edible. Many climbing shrubs, like Alla- 
manda and Hchites, have handsome flowers, and are familiar in green- 
house cultivation. 
The principal representative in our territory is the genus Apocy- 
num, known as dogbane. It has rather attractive small pink flowers, 
succeeded by long narrow fruits with winged seeds. A. cannabinum, 
one of the plants called Indian hemp, furnishes a good tough fiber (Fig. 
191). 
