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Sub-Section 2. Hyproayna. 
OrpER 1. GENTIANALES. Tendency to 
develop an apocarpus ovary either by separat- 
ing the two cells entirely or by making the 
capsule septicidous. 
Family 1, ASCLEPIADACEZ. 
Monadelphous. Gynandrous. Anthers ex- 
trose; their pollen changed into pollinaria. 
Ovaries 2. Styles 2, united into a pentagonal 
stigma. Fruita pair of follicles, or by abor- 
tion a single one. Lactescent plants. 
1. Asclepias L. Muinx-weep. 
Corolla rotate, 5-parted. Stamineal tube 
short, expanding into a corona of 5 cucullate 
processes, from the cavity of each of which 
rises a corniform process. Cells of anthers 
separated, each connected to the cell of the 
neighboring one by an apical appendage, the 
pollinia becoming suspended over a gland, 
five of which protrude from the margin of the 
stigma. Seeds ©, with a silky arillus.—2. 
1. A. speciosa Torr. Follicles echinate; 
flowers purplish.—Marin County. Contra 
Costa. Laundry Farm. Summer. 
2. <A. vestita Hook. & Arn. Follicles glab- 
rous; erect on a deflexed pedicel; umbels o- 
flowered, terminal umbel pedunculate; lateral 
