PEMTAXDJRIA DIGYXIA 1? t 



Lf an inch to 3 quarters in length. Imbclei to 3 or 4, rather dense.floweretlj 

 i pi rots psdunclss half an inch to an inch ami half long, often corymbose ; peii- 

 eels half an inch lo3 quarters long, hoary-pubescent, with minute setaceous bracts 

 a! base* Corolla greenish externally, while within, with a tinge of purple at base, 

 Leoanthium whits purple at base ; segments roundish-ovate* a Utile contracted at 

 i ascj the infolded margin loosely plicate ; horns flat, broad, falcate or almost luu- 



. vi.ii an abrupt slen.ler ac latbn. Anlfieridium variegated, ptorple and 

 white. Jt Ulicles 4 to 5 inches long, and near 3 quarters cf an inch in diameter, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, pubescent. 



/lib. Hilly woodlands; Mica-slate hills: frequent. /V.June-July. Fr. Septem. 



Obs. This is a hanlsmis plant,— worthy of a place in the flower garden,— as, 

 jn.bed, are most of the species. 



.'. A. PHTTOLAOCOiD28,Xyon, Stem simple ; leaves broad-Ianccolatf. 

 acuminate, petiolate, smooth above, paler and somewhat pubescent be- 

 neath ; umbels loose, mostly lateral, on long peduncles ; segments of the 

 lepanthium truncate, the inflexed margins bidentate at summit; horns 

 much exserted, subfalcate. Becky Hot. p. 235, 

 A. exaKata (acuminata). JWuhl* CataL p. 28. 



PurToi.AceA.-Lix.:; Asclkpias. Vulgo — Foke-Ieaved Swallow-wort, 

 8. z>n 3 1.> 4fj.it high, rathor slender, Striate, s >raewhat pubescent in lines. Leaves 

 to 9 inches long, and 3 to 4 or 6 inches wide, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute at 

 each cn.l ; petioles about half an inch long. Umbels mostly lateral, sometimes ter- 

 minal a!s>, rather lax ; comrtton peduncles 2 to o inches Idng, pubescent on on) 

 ?; le • '.-.• an inch t.» an inch and half 1 >ne, slender, flaccid, pubescent, with 



subulate-lin :ar bra ts at l as*'. Corolla greenish while. Lepanthium whitish, with 

 r tin je of | urj 1 • at I ase : s fgm^ntn thin and membranous, I runcate, obsc urely re- 

 p and -toothed, the mar ini f.ldcd in, with two acm ' th at the summit of each 

 mirgin, the outer one larger; horns longer than the segments, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, slightly incurved. Antheridium whitish, tinged with purple; the an- 

 gles or wings obtusely produced at base. Tubercle connecting the pollen mass- s 

 rather large, o\ ite, narrowed and notched at base, with a central gr< ore in from, 

 , llsh I la :k, shinjpg. Follidcs 4 to 6 inches ling, and 3-fourths of an inch in 

 itamster, lince -l ite, acuminate, minutely pubescent. 



Hub. Birmingham; Mica-slate hills: frequent- Fl. June— July. Fr. Scp£* 



Obs Alth ugh o •■ very comm »n, this fine species is more frequent than I for 

 m *rly supposed. The leaves have a striking resemblance to those of Phytolacca. 



6. A. la caiFOLTA, Mr, Stem simple ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nately tape ring towards the apex, very acute, subcordate, or often round- 

 ed at b.so, subsossile, somewhat distant, smooth ; umbels ou long ped- 

 uncles, most!; terminal; s-gmmts of the lepanthium rather acute, ob- 

 tusely s'ouaie-Vd Mi'.ate o.i the margin; horns scarcely as long as the 

 seg nente. Beck* Hot. f>. 236 



A. periploc&folia. A*utt* Gen. I. /;. 167. Edt. .Wen. p. 32. 

 . lbo t A. acuminata, Purth, Am. 1. p. 132. Torr. Ft. 1. p. 283. Ejusd. 

 C*mp.p. 126. Beck, Hot, p. 236. 



i. \CttCK-LKAVED AS'JLKPIAS. 



RotT* rounded tuber; Nuit. Stem land a half to 2 foet high, erect, slender 

 $m » »:h, with a pubesc; n" Una <>u one side. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, ami one t* 



i:i \\s w.d.". in distant pairs, remarkably taperiug to a point, sm>oth on boih 



