LOGANIA FAMILY 
( Loganiacece) 
(A) Yellow False Jessamine (Gelsemium semper - 
virens). This beautiful vine is very common in the 
Southern States where it may be found climbing the 
trunks of trees, trailing over bushes or even creeping 
over the ground. During March and April, large, hand¬ 
some yellow flowers appear in one-sided spikes. The 
blossoms are tubular-funnel-form and range from one to 
two inches in length. 
The ovate-pointed leaves, that grow oppositely on 
short petioles, are evergreen; the short flower spikes 
grow from their axils. The stem is smooth, woody and 
twining. This species ranges from Va. to Fla. and Texas. 
(B) Indian Pink; Pink-root (Spigelia marilandica) 
is an erect herb found in rich woods from Ohio and 
Ky. to Fla. and Texas. It is a perennial with a simple 
stem rising from 1 to 2 feet high. The flowers grow in 
a short, one-sided spike; the corolla is tubular-funnel- 
form, 5-lobed at the end and about one or two inches in 
length. 
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