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obtusifolia. 
amplexicau- 
lis. 
acuminata . 
laurifolia. 
paupercula. 
pedicellata. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Asclepks, 
11. A. foliis amplexicaulibus oblongis rotundato-obtusis un- 
datis, umbella terminali longius pedunculata multi- 
flora glabra, corniculis exertis. Mkh. fi. amer . 1 . 
p. 11 5. 
A. purpurascens. Walt. fl. car. 105. 
In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina. 1J. . June — 
Aug. v. v. Flowers large, purple. 
12. A. tota glauca ; caulibus decumbentibus simplicibus, 
foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus venosis, corniculis de- 
litescentibus compresso-ligulatis. Midi. fi. amer. 1. 
p. 115. 
A. humistrata. Walt.fi. car. 105. 
In barren sandy fields : Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . June, 
July. v. v. Leaves red- veined, thick; flowers hand- 
some, red. 
13. A. caule erecto glabro simplici, foliis ovatis subcordatis 
acuminatis brevi-petiolatis, superioribus sessilibus ; 
umbellis lateralibus solitariis erectis. 
A. cordata. Walt.fi. car. 105, 
In deep cedar-swamps, and on the banks of rivers : New 
Jersey. "2/. July. v.v. Flowers red and white; 
stem about two feet high ; roots very large, resembling 
those of A. tuberosa. 
14. A. caule erecto glabro, foliis subsessilibus ovali-lanceola- 
tis sensim angustatis acutissimis glabris : supra ad oras 
asperiusculis. — Mich.fi. amer. l. p. 117 . 
On the river Althamaha, Georgia. Michaux. I/. July. 
v. s. Flowers purple. 
15. A. caule erectiusculo glabro oligophyllo, sursum nudo, 
foliis linearibus longissimis glabriusculis, umbellis ter- 
minalibus paucidoris. — Mich.fi. amer. 1. p. 118. 
A. lanceolata. Walt. fi. car. 105. 
In sandy wet meadows : Virginia and Lower Carolina. 
%. June, July. v.v. Flowers red, with yellow ap- 
pendices. 
16. A. caule simplici erecto piloso, foliis elliptico-linearibus 
pubescentibus supra punctato-asperis, umbella lateralis 
solitaria pauciflora, petalis erectis calyce multoties 
longioribus, nectariis lunulatis patentibus corniculis 
nullis. — Walt. fi. car, 106. 
On dry sandjp fields of South Carolina. Walter. Near 
Fort Barrington. Lyon. 11 . June. v. s. in Herb . 
Lyon, nec non Walter. The whole plant not above 
