DOGBANE FAMILY 
(Apocynacece) 
A small family composed chiefly of poisonous tropical 
plants, usually with milky, acrid juices. 
f A') Indian' Hemp ( Apocynum, cannabinum ) is a 
rather unattractive species with a smooth branchin 
stem, rising from vertical roots to heights of 1 to 
feet. The ovate-pointed leaves are closely crowded on 
the stalk oppositely to one another. 
The small, five-parted, greenish-wliite flowers grow in 
terminal clusters. We find this species very abundant 
in dry fields and thickets throughout our range; it 
flowers from June to August. 
(B) Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androscemifo- 
lium) is a much more attractive species than its relative 
just mentioned. It grows from 1 to 4 feet high, and 
has many long, spreading branches. The short-stemmed, 
broadly ovate-pointed, pale green leaves grow oppositely, 
to the ends of the branches. The clusters of flowers 
terminating the branches are composed of pink, bell¬ 
shaped blossoms, having five, pointed, recurved lobes. 
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