_ Exogene. 67 
CXCV. ASCLEPIADE/E.—Tue MeEKWEED TRIBE. 
1086. 
1087. 
1088, 
1089. 
1090. 
1091. 
1092. 
1093. 
1094. 
1095. 
1096. 
1097. 
1098. 
1099. 
1100. 
1101. 
Asclepias syriaca, Linn. Silgrass. Milkweed. Jul.- 
Aug. w-p. 2to4f. Y. rd. bt. W. Medicinal, like 
1094. Wood and Bache, 114. 
A. obtusifolia, Michz. June. Pale p. 2to 3f. uy. San- 
dy fields. Plt. Jas. Woods nearSt. L. Bk. 
A. phytolaccoides, Pursh. Pokeweed silgrass. June.- 
Sul g-p. 3to4f. Y&. Wet rocky grounds. O. Ky. 
Medicinal, like 1094. 
A. amena, Willd. Jul. 2to 3f. YU. wp, &c. Wor. 
O. Ky. 
A. incarnata, Linn. Jul.—Aug. r—p. 2to4f. U4. wp. 
Banks of streams, O. Ky. Medicinal. See 1094. 
Wood and Bache, 114. 
A. variegata, Linn. Jul-Aug. w. 3to4f. 4. Woods. 
Ky. Sf. Louisville. M’Murt. 
A. verticillata, Linn. June—Jul. y-w. 2to Sf. r. 
Dry hills. dp. Q. Ky. 
A. angustifolia, Ell. May. g—w. 8 to 18i. 2%. wp. 
Scott’s Plains, Franklin Co. O. 
A. tuberosa, Linn. Pleurisy root. Jul.—Aug. Orange. 
2to3f. 4. Sandy fields. dp. W. Diaphoretic, 
expectorant, mild aperient. Big. Med. Bot. ii. 59. 
Bart. i. 239. Antidysenteric.. Eberle’s Practice, i. 
216. 
A. quadrifolia, Jacg. June. wand 7-w. lto2f. Y. 4 
sw. O. Ky. Medicinal, like the last. 
Acerates viridiflora, Raf. Green milkweed. July. g. 
2f. 2%. Sandy fields. Ky. St. W. Bk. 
Podostigma viridis, Walt. May. g and p. Y. Siliceous 
hills, Missouri. Bk. 
Enslenia albida, Vutt. Jul. y-w. Twining. 2. rb. bt. 
&c. O. Ky. The leaves resemble those of a con- 
volvulus. 
Gonolobus hirsutus, Miche. June-Jul. p. Trailing 
and climbing, 3to4f. 4%. Hedges near streams. 
(Bk.) Ky. St. 
G. viridifloras, Nutt. g. Twining. Banks of the Miss. 
near St. L. Mutt. Jas. 
G. macrophyllus, Michxz. June—Aug. y. Taaihing. 
Light soils. Ky? Si. The root acts on the bowels 
in a manner similar to colocynth, Ell. Bot. i. 328, 
-CXCVI. APOCYNEZ.—Tux INDIAN HEMP TRIBE. 
1102. Apocynum cannabinum, Linn. Iadian hemp. June- 

