390 asclepiadaoejs. 



k-J; cym.es loose, spreading, mostly longer than the l-aves; corolla open bell-»ha- 

 ped, with rcvolute lobes, the tube much longer than the calyx. 



Borders Ofwoods and f ■■>■ » 2 to 3 feet bi{ h. 



orect reddi h. bos Ion- and % a< wide, dark gi 



beneath, on p tiplea ' ,, inch long. I b . ■> '■ ••_, inch broad, while etii;e-i -with red, 

 with 5 acute, spreading segments.— Varies, also, with the leaves »h 

 Death. 



2. A. cannabinum, L. Indian Hemp. 



St.-m and branches upright ior ascending; leaves varying from cl/.or.jr, oral 

 ovate to heart-shaped; cynes close, many-flowered, erect, usually shorter than tea 

 leaves'; corolla withneorly erect ldbes, the tube about as long a3 the lanceolate 

 ;' thecalyx. 

 Open wooisanl river banks, conravm. JVy, An;. Stem 1 to 3 f.-et high, g*n- 

 c-ra'.ly dividing ab.ov £e vets \]/> to 4 inch •- ',<■■ 



to '^ as wide. Va.r.1. (jliberrimum. DJ. Isi-< oblong-laneeolal •, on thorl 

 oics, sm • or roundel. Var. 2, pu 



urate, djway u-id t:i 'ath or on both sides, as wall at tin 



-. Le>j.ves more or less heart shaped at the ba: Loles, moei- 



i ;.n At.) Ft/rtmrs smxll, 

 C;rc'.'.~ whitbh wilh straight obtu 



2. YiXCA, Linn. Periwinkle. 



Lj;t. vin::dum, a ban.:, from the long twining branches. 



Corolla salver-form, contorted, border 5 -cleft, the ■o'js 

 oblique, orifice 5-angled ; 2 glands at the base of the orary. 

 Capsule follicular, erect, fusiform; seeds oblong. — Upright 

 vr trailing shrubs, with evergreen haves and sh./icy JUnbei s. 



1. V. MINOR. L. Lesser Periwinkle. Fafoe Myrtle, 



Rem procumbent, trailing ; leave* elliptic-lanceolate, smooth on the margin*, 

 thick; flowers ped insulate; sepals lanceolate. A handsome erergrei 



in.; in May. Native of Europe. Stems several feet in length, round, smooih sni 

 l^nfy. Leaves opposite; smooth and shining, about aniaoh long. FUswtrt eo . 

 BiiliarVj alternate, blue, violet acd white. 



2. V. major, L. Greater Periwinkle. 



Abcau-liful shrub, common in cultivation, native of Europe. Stem 1 to 1 t*--\ 

 iiigh, with numerous, slender, straggling b/anches, very leafy, forming ligl 

 sea of evergreen foliage.. Leaves 1 fee '2 inches long, rounded or somewhat heark-taa- 



p.d at lore. 1 lowers blue, pink and whits, blossciuing nearly all seasons. 



Order 82. &SCLEFIADAGES!.— Milkweed Family. 



Plants with milky Juice and opposite or wTwrled rarely scattered mtirs Itavts. regu- 

 lar o-.ntrous, b-androus flower?, with a vateate corolia, and singular sonrntlion qf 

 fit anthers with the stigma, the eohexian of .-the pollen masses into wax-Kbi HOSfts, dt .. 



fti e:;piain.xl under the typical genus. 



1. ASCLEPIAS, Linn. Milkweed. Silkweed. 



Tha Greek name of JBsculipius, to whom this genua is d-Kiieaf*d. 



Calyx smaJl, 5-partcd ; persistent, spreading. Corolla 



