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wornded, emits an abundance of milky juice, from which it receives one 

 of its common names ; the other being- given to it on account of the 

 ]:»eautifully sill^y hairs of the seeds. The plant was named A. Syriaca, 

 )>y LiNN^us, who perhaps thought it was a Syrian plant ; but it is an 

 exclusively American species. 



T ig. ]68. The common Milkweed (Asclepias Cornuti) reduced. 169. A separate flower, 

 c.iiargcd. 170. Pods, reduced. 



