
          Nuttall & Elliot, in dividing the asclepiadeae into several
genera, you must also consent to make a place for this. It
is quite as unlike asclepias as aceraties or Podostigma.

Perennial, root large & the colour externally like that of A. Tuberosa
to the taste rather insipid, brances from the root
many  decumbent  12 to 20 inches long, stem large & purple
hairy above, smooth below, angular above produced by the decurrent
petioles  Leaves as you see there, observe their pubescence
& reticulation - both upper & lower leaves uniformly
more tapering, those of the middle oblique at the
end, midrib [above?] purple, edges scabrous, in the axils
as in other asclepiadeae a row of tooth like glands, at the base
of the leaf on the upper side of the midrib uniformly a
cluster of these denticulate glands, leaves horizontal
& decussating as though [opposites/apposites?].

Flowers mostly terminal, leafy, umbels single & [compound?]
umbils many flowered , flowers [erect?] & mature partially,
in all stages on the same umbel  Calyx slightly tipped
with purple, corolla erect, campanulate, perhaps more
strictly urceolate, deeply divided, both sides greenish,
edge, membranous & ciliate segments ovate much larger
than any of the kindred species

Nectary, a stellated expanded crown, the leaves of the
crown clavate, falcate, of a deep purple  near the
end 3 large whitish spots, uniting at their base, at the
union of these spots a minute or abortive [horn?], free
only at its point, & appressed, the [horn?] [sect?] coming from
the center, but being a part of the integument of the
[crown?] leaf, the base & end of the leaf inflated. The
stellular crown in expanding inflates the corolla
considerably before ite expansion. The stellated crown
with its varigated spots gives this flower a beautiful
appearance  [?] large, its angles or fleshy
leaves much [bellied?] & large. a young follicle examined
shows that the seed will be [?] & situated as in
asclepias  The above remarks with the specimens &
a few flowers dried so as to show their conformation will
enable you to describe the plant accurately.

[in left margin:
* Found in the Chatahoochee bottoms 20 miles below this
town  Flowers May & June. The smallest flowering [added: plants] were selected
for drying
        