PENTANDRI \, DIG1 M \ 



\. \ ariegata, \\ alt. not of L. 



Icon, Pluk. aim. t. ::. t'. i. Bot. Mag. 11 82. 



Variegated Milk-weed, 



l'his beautiful s;uii< ' by its white and 



Prom eighteen inches to two fed high. On the 

 xls and in open woods. Jersey, frequent N 

 (ten met with on the Pennsylvania side of the Delawa 



Perennial. July. 



". \. leaves amplexicaulc, oblong round-obtuse, obtain*, 

 undulate ; umbel terminal on a long peduncle, 

 man j-flovrered 9 glabrous, borns exserted.-^ficA. 



V. purpurascensi Walt. 



\ spi rily distinguished from its congeners, by the 



long terminal peduncle, and blunt or rounded amplexi- 

 caua I on the margin. Flowers large, purple. In 



<indy fields of Jersey, and in dry sandy woods, tolerably fre- 

 quent, particularly ■ few miles south of Camden. Perennial. 

 June, .July. 



8. A. stem erect, simple, smooth, leaves ovate-aeute quadrifoiia. 

 pttiolated : in the middle of the stem the large 



ones in fours; umbels two. terminal, loose-flower- 

 ed, pedicels filiform. — Jacq, 



Under a foot high. Flowers white. On rocky ground bor- 

 dering the Schuylkill above the falls, rare. Perennial. May. 



9. A. stem erect, very simple, a little pubescent in »e«iciUat«. 

 lines; leases \ ery narrow-linear, upright, smooth, 



generally \ rrticiilate, horns asserted. — Jlich. 

 I on. Pluk. mant. t. 336. f, 4. (Pursh.) 



This very pretty species is readily distinguishable from .nil 



the others by its linear leaves. From fourteen inches to two 



high ; flowers \ -\ (.How and white. Very rare; I have 



only found it sparingly in s hedge, close to the spot already 



ieularised as the habitat of Iris prismatica. Perennial. 



June, July. 



l". \. stem somewhat upright, divaricate-branch- tats*** 

 ingi rery hirsute, leaves scattered (crowded and 

 alternate) oblong-lanceolate, hirsute, umbels 



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