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APOCYNUM, Dogs-bane. 

 The CharaQers are ; 



The Leaves are produced oppoftte, 

 by Pairs, upon the Brunches : the 

 Flower confijts of one Leaf, which is 

 cut into fever al Segments : from its 

 Flower-cup arifes the Pointal, which 

 is fcxt d like a Nail in the back Part 

 of the Flower, and is afterward 

 changed into a Fruit, which is, for 

 the mof part, compofed of two Cap- 

 fules, or Pods, which open from the 

 Bafe to the Top, inclojing many Seeds, 

 which have a long pappous Down ad- 

 hering to them : to this may be added, 

 That the whole Plant abounds with a 

 milky Juice. 



There are feveral Sorts of this 

 Plant cultivated in the curious Gar- 

 dens of Plants, fome of which are 

 very beautiful, and deferve a Place 

 in every good Garden. I fhall men- 

 tion the different Species of this Plant, 

 which are cultivated in the Englijb 

 Gardens, and fhall leave the Reader 

 to felect fuch of them as he mall 

 fanfy to cultivate. 



1. Apocynum ereclum latifolium 

 incanum Syriacum, floribus parvis ob- 

 folete purpura fcentibus. Par. Bat. 

 The upright broad-leav'd hoary Sy- 

 rian Dogs-bane, with purplilh co- 

 loured Flowers, called Bedef 

 far. 



2. Apocynum ereclum Canadenfe 

 angufifolium Par. Bat. The up- 

 right narrow-leavtd Canada Dogs- 

 bane. 



3. Apocynum e*-ec7um Canadenfe 

 latifolium Par. Bat. The broad- 

 leav'd. upright Canada Dcgs-b. ne. 



4. Apocynum Americanum, fo- 

 His androfa'pii m yorjt, fore lilii con- 

 *vallium juaverubintis . H R.P. The 

 Amerisan Do s s b ne, with Tutfan- 

 leaves, and red Flowers, like the 

 Lily oj the Valley. 



5. Apocynum ereclum frutico- 

 fum, folio fubrotundo vmdan/e. Par. 



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Bat. The flirubby upright Dogs- 

 bane, with roundim green Leaves. 



6. Apocynum enclum Africa* 

 num, folio faltcis angujlo glabro, fru- 

 flu villofo. Par. Bat. 1 he uprght 

 willow - leaved African Dogs-bane, 

 with hairy Fruit. 



7. Apocynum Afrum fcandns, 

 folio rotunda fubincano nummularis. 

 Botrh. The African creeping Dogs- 

 bane, with Leaves like Money- 

 wort. 



8. Apocynum ereclum, folio ob- 

 longo, fljre umbi ilato, petulis cocci- 

 neis reflexis. Sloan. Cat The up- 

 rightDogs-bane,with oblong Leaves, 

 and fcarlet Flowers, called by fome 

 Ballard lpecdcuana. 



9. Apocynum Canadenfe angu- 

 fifolium, fiore aurantii. Mor. Pral. 

 The narrow-leav'd Canada Apocy- 

 num, with orange-coloured Flow- 

 ers. 



10. Apocynum Marylandicum 

 ere clum, folio fubrotundo, f re ruber- 

 rimo. Tne uprght Maryland Dogs- 

 bane.with roundilh Leaves,and deep- 

 red Flowers. 



11. Apccynum Americanum , fo- 

 liis amygdali longicrikus. Plum. Cat. 

 Americ n Dogs -bane, with a longer 

 Almond-leaf. 



12. Apocynum Americanum fcan- 

 dens hirfut ijjimum, foliis obiongis, /t/i- 

 quis maximis gtabris. Climbing hairy 

 Dogs- bane of America, with long 

 Leave?, and large fmooth Pods. 



13. Apocynum Americanum J can- 

 dens, folio cordato, fruclu verrucofo. 

 Climbing American Dogs-bane, with 

 an heart ihaped Leaf, and a warted 

 Fruit. 



1 4. Apocynu M Americanum J "can- 

 dens, fotiis longis anguflis ad bafin au- 

 ricu ati;,. fliquis emeri Climbing 

 American Dog bane, with long nar- 

 row Leaves, which have Ears at their j 

 Bale, and Pods like the Scorpion- I 

 fena. 



15. Apo- 



