ON THE APOCINE^E. ^4>j 



APOCYNUM- [Apocyni sp. Linn, et Juss. 



Char. Corolla campanulata. Tubus denticulis 5, 

 acutis, inclusis, laciniis limbi oppositis. Faux 

 nuda. 



Stamina inclusa. Anthers sagittatae, medio 

 stigmati cohas rentes, lobis posticis polline'va- 

 cuis. 



Ovaria 2, Styli subnulli. Stigma dilatatum, 

 apice conico. 



Squama 5, hypogynae. 



Folliculi graciles, distincti. 

 Habitus. Herbcs perennes, erectae. Folia oppo- 



sita, membranacea. Flores cymosi. 

 Patria. America Borealis, et Europa Australis. 



Obs. The Linnean genus Apocynum, at present 

 contains many plants widely different from the 

 species of which it originally consisted. Most 

 of the spurious species I have already referred to 

 different genera, and I here add specific charac- 

 ters of all the genuine species with which I am 

 acquainted. 



i, A. androftftnifolium, foliis ovatis glabris, cymis 

 terminalibus lateralibusque, tubo corollas ca~ 

 lycem bis superante. 



Apocynum androsaemifolium, Linn, 



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