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ones sessile; flowers whitish or purplish.—Niles 
Station. Summer. 
3. A. MEXICANA Cav. Follicles glabrous; 
erect on erect pedicels; umbels oo-flowered; 
peduncles longer than the pedicels; flowers 
whitish. Alameda on marshy places. Sum- 
mer. 
Family 2. APOCYNACEZ. 
Stamens not monadelphous. Anthers in- 
trose. Corolla contorted in ewstivation and its 
lobes oblique. Lactescent. 
1.. Apocynum Tourn. Dog-BANE. INDIAN HEMP, 
Corolla companulate, 5-cleft, with 5 scales 
opposite the lobes and near their base. Sta- 
mens inserted on the base of the corolla. Fil- 
aments very short. Anthers sagitate, conniving 
into a ring. Ovaries 2, with 5, hypogynous 
scales. Fruit 2-follicular. Seeds with a hairy 
arillus.—2¢. 
1. A. anpRosemirotium L. Cymes loose; 
corolla campanulate; tube longer than the 
calyx-lobes; corolla lobes revolute; flowers 
flesh-color.—Livermore. Summer. Rare. (Dog- 
bane.) 
2. A. cannapinum L. Cymes dense, com- 
pact; corolla tube not longer than the calyx- 
lobes; corolla lobes almost erect; flowers pale. 
Alvarado, on marshy places; very local. Sum- 
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