PENTANDR1A DTGYNIA. AsclepiaS. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 29 ./. 32. Bot. mag. 1 187- 
On the banks of rivers in sandy or gravelly soil : Virgi- 
nia to Carolina. I/ . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 
white. 
6 . A. caule erecto superne ramoso tomentoso, foliis lanceo- 
latis utrinque subtomentoso-lanuginosis, umbellis plu- 
ribus origine geminis, corniculis appendicum exertis. 
Mich.Jl: amer. 1. p. 115. Willd.sp.pl. 1. p. 1207* 
Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 107« 
/3. Willd. I. c. 
In swamps and on river banks ; common. 7/. June-— 
Aug. v. v. Flowers red. The variety /3. is more hairy, 
in every other respect no ways different 5 sometimes 
the leaves are quite smooth, and only pubescent on the 
upper part of the stem. 
7. A. caule simplici bifariam puberulo, foliis subsessilibus 
oblongo-ovalibus subtus pubescentibus, umbellis ter- 
minalibus nectariisque erectis, appendicibus exertis. — 
Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 12 05, 
Teon. DHL elth. t. 27. f. 30. 
In wet meadows, on the edges of woods and ditches : 
New England to Virginia. 7/ . July, Aug. v. v. 
Flowers beautiful purple. 
8 . A. caule simplici, foliis ovatis subtus villosis, umbellis 
erectis, nectariis resupinatis. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 12 05. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 28. /.31. 
In shady swamps : Virginia and Carolina. 7/. July, 
Aug. v. v. Flowers purple. 
9 . A. caule simplici erecto hirsuto, foliis lanceolato-oblongis 
obtusiusculis subsessilibus utrinque tomentoso-hirsutis, 
umbellis lateralibus solitariis subsessilibus nutantibus 
subgloboso-densifloris, appendicibus nullis. 
In dry fields : Pensylvania to Virginia. 7/ . June, July. 
v. v. Flowers green, 
10 . A. caule simplici erecto, foliis ovatis petiolatis rugosis 
nudis, umbellis subsessilibus pedicellis toinentosis. 
Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 1205. Walt.jl. car. 104. 
A. hybrida. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 115. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 77 . f. 1. Bot.mng. 1182. 
On dry sunny hills, on the borders of woods: New 
York to Carolina. 7/. July, Aug. v. v. A very hand- 
some species, flowers in dense umbels j petals and 
sectaries white ; fructification red. 
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