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Asciepras syriaca, Linns Milkweed. w-p. July, Aug. 2f. 2—8 ft. 
Fields and roadsides. 
A. tuberosa, Linn. Butterfly-weed. y. July. 2f. 2 ft. Sandy fields. 
Root of this and of the preceding species diaphoretic, expecto- 
rant, and deobstruent. 
A. incarnata, Linn. r. July, Aug. 2f. 2—4 ft. Banks of streams 
and margins of ponds. Root expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic, 
anthelmintic, and, in large doses, cathartic. The following spe- 
cies probably possess similar properties. 
A. obtusifolia, Mich. p. June. 2f. 2—3 ft. Sandy fields. 
A. phytolaccoides, Pursh. wg. July. 2f. 3—4 ft. Ravines. 
A. quadrifolia, Jacquin. p-w. June. 2. 1—2 ft. Woods and banks 
of ravines. 
A. verticillata, Linn. g-p. July. 2£. 1=-2 ft. Dry hills. 
Asparacus officinalis, Linn. Asparagus. g-y. June, July. 2f. 2 ft 
River and canal banks. Diuretic. 
Aspipium acrostichoides, Willd. June to August. 2. 1—1} ft. Ra. 
vines. 
A. Nov-Eboracense, Willd. July. 2f. 1—1} ft. Damp woods and 
ravines. 
A. marginale, Willd, July. 22. 1218 in. Shady woods and 
rocky ravines. 
A. intermedium, Willd. July. 2f. 1 ft. Shady woods and banks 
of ravines. 
A. bulbiferum, Willd. July. 2f. 1 ft. Rocky ravines. 
A. fragile, Willd. June, July. 2. 6—8 in. Rocky ravines. 
A. rufidulum? June. 2. Rocks. 
AsPLENIuM rhizophyllum, Willd. July. 2f. 6 in. Rocks and ravines. 
A. ebenum, Willd. July. 2(. 6—12 in. Rocky woods. 
A, melanocaulon, Willd. July. 2. 4—6 in. In tufts on rocks. 
A. thelypteroides, Mich. July. 2f. 2 ft. Ravines. 
A. montanum, Willd. July. 2{. 18 in. Ravines and woods. 
Aster rigidus, Linn. disk y. rays p. Aug. 2{. 1 ft. Dry woods. 
A. muliiflorus, Willd. disk y. rays w. Aug. 2/. 2—3 ft. Roads 
sides, dry fields, and gravelly banks of the river. 
A. humilis, Willd. w. Aug. Sept. 2f. 1—2 ft. Dry bushy pastures. 
A. amygdalinus, Mich. w. Aug. Sept. 2. 2 ft. Woods and dry 
bushy pastures. 
A. salicifolius, Pursh. p-b. Aug.—Oct. 2, 3—4 ft. Dry situations. 
A. Nova-Angliae, Linn. b-p. Aug. Sept. 2/. 3—5 ft. Islands about 
Troy. 
