WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
noticeable curve from one side of the centre of 
the leaf whorl. The long-pointed, green sepals 
alternate with the petals, and the ten, long, spreading, 
white, orange-tipped stamens are united in a Ting 
around the pistil at their base. 
INDIAN HEMP. AMY-ROOT 
A pécynum cannabinum. Dogbane Family. 
This species is very similar to the Spreading Dog- 
bane. The five-pointed, tubular flowers,. however, 
are very small and greenish white and are borne 
erect in terminal clusters. The plant is somewhat 
less scrawly and grows from about one to four feet in 
height from a deep, vertical root. It is found in 
gravelly or sandy soils, chiefly near streams, and varies 
greatly. It flowers from June to August. The tip 
of the long, oval leaf is very sharply pointed, and the 
juice is milky and sticky. The tough-fibred stalks 
offer a substitute for hemp, and were employed by the 
Indians fo making twine, fish nets, baskets and kindred 
articles. The root is used in medicine to some 
extent. Indian Hemp is found in fields and thickets 
from Florida and lower California, northward into 
the British Possessions. 
WHORLED MILKWEED 
Asclépias verticillata. Milkweed Family. 
This dainty, low growing Milkweed is characterized 
by the extremely small, narrow leaves which are 
arranged in whorls along the milky, swaying stalk. 
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