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AXD USEFUL PT.AXTS. 



beantifully silky hairs of tlie seeds. The plant vras name J - 



hx LixxjEus, who perhaps thought it vras a Syrian plant : but ic a i 



exclusively American species. 



Fjg. !168. The common Milkweed (Asclcpias Cornuti) reducel. 169 A separate flQr\ 

 enlarged. 170. PO'is, reduced. 



