170 PENTANDRIA DIGVMA 



Stem '2 to 3 f< *t Ui^h, erect* gomewh.it coryrnboeely \ ranched above*, etftoothiah 

 mostly with 2 conspicuous pubescent lines. Leave* 4 to 6 inches long, and about 

 4or «! and a half inches wide, acute, or oftea rounded at apex and mucronata, or 

 with a minute abrupt acumination, smooth ish above, t« mentoso-pubesceni beneath 

 and on the margin ; petioles one fourth to half an Inch 1 >ng. Umbels numerous 

 terminating the tranches; common pedum Its 1 to 2 inches long, with densely j n- 

 leacent lines ; pedicels near an inch long, often pubescent in lines, with subulate 

 hr<i"tB at base. Corolla deep purple. Lepanthium pale rod; segments ovate-ob- 

 j. n", obtus*, ebseurcly hastate at base, twice as long as the anthei Idium, margia 

 re; horns curved nearly at right ancles, somewhat gilitx is at the curve, apex 

 very acute, exerted. Angles or wings i l the anthcridtum \ r< mjnent, acute, or 

 triangularly produced. Follii les 1 or 5 inches long, and ab ut .') u urths of an inck 

 in diameter, somewhat fentricose, with a slender acuminati n, | ubesi ent. 

 jjab. Fence-rows; old fields: frequent. Fl. June — July. /'/. Aug.- Sept 



Qbe. 1 am now satisfied that this is the j lent which, u: the suggestion of Mr. 

 :c:)ti:i % was called A. purpuras: ens. in my Catalogue,- a species with which 

 I am unacquainted ; if, indeed, ii be distinct from the present one. 



3, A. onrrsiroLiA, Mx% Stem simple; loaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 sessile, subcoruale and umplexieaul, undulate, smooth, glaucous be- 

 Heath; umbel terminal, long-pedunculate, mostly solitary ; segments of 

 the lepanthium truncate, dentate al summit ; horns falcate. JJech, Bou 

 p. 836. 

 Obtuse-mated Asclkpias. 



Stem 2 to 3 feci high, erect, smooth. Leaves 4 or 5 inches long, and 2 to 3 inch- 

 es wide, sometimes rather acute, generally obtuse or rounded at a; cx ) and oftea 

 emarginatc, mucronate, undulate on the margin, closely 6cssile and somewhat 

 cordate or auriculate at base. Umbel terminating the stem, on a naked j ( duncle 

 Cor 8 inches long, many-flowered j/w/ZcWs about an inch long, slender, sulcate, 

 pubescent on one side, with lance-linear ciliate bracts at base. Corolla crcenisk 

 purple. Lejxinthiwm purple ; segments dilated, the margins infolded, entire, with 

 aduj licature, or adnata scale, near the base, the apex truncate, somewj hat o-tooth- 

 ed, the two lateral teeth lanceolate, acuminate j horns longer than tin; segments, 

 laterally comprefised, incurved or falcate, acuminate, often ol securely dentate oa 

 tha back of the curve. Follicles 4 or 5 inches long, and about 3 fourths of an inch 

 in diameter, lanceolate, acuminate, smoothish. 



Jfab. Dry hills; Mica-slate range : not common. FL June-July. Fr. Aug. -Sept. 



Obs. This species is not often to be met with, except on our Mica-slato hills — 

 whero it is pretty frequent. It is very common among the Pines of Now Jersey • 

 *at not generally of so large a growth as with us. 



4. A. vautegata,//. Stem subsimple ; leaves ovate, or oval, petio- 

 late, smooth ; umbels subterminal, on rather short peduncles ; peduncles 

 and pedicels tomentose ; segments of the lepanthium roundish ; horns 

 Woad-falcate. Beck, Bot. /;. 236. 



A. hybrida. Mx. Am. l./>. 115, Also, JPers. Syn, l.p. 275. 

 Variegated Asclepias. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, erect, often with a short divaricate or horizontal branch 

 at summit, somewhat pubescent in lines. Leaves 3 to 5 or 6 inches long, and from 

 $ to 3 and a half inches wide, varying from ovate to oval and obovate, mostly 

 rather acute, and mucronatc, the lower ones sometimes rounded and omarginate, 

 samewhat glaucous beneath, slightly pubescent on the midrib aid margin : petioles 



