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Order xiv.—Apocinea. 
156. Hydrolia verticillata Raf. Caule fruticoso spi- 
noso canescens; foliis verticillatis subsessilis, 
ovali oblongis, acutis, integris nervosis ; floribus 
Subcorymbosis. Raf.—Apocinee epineuse Rob. 
p. 411. Small shrub growing in swamps, stem 
crooked, spines axillar, becoming branches to¬ 
wards the top of the plant; flowers lateral and 
terminal, of a fine violet blue, pedunculated, about 
an inch diameter, smelling like Cyanus : calyx 
hairy with five subulated teeth, divisions of the 
corolla ovate acute, stamina violet, anthers bi- 
lobed striped of yellow, the two styles are horn- 
shaped, white and hairy at the base, smooth and 
violet at the top, stigmas simple ; capsul round 
bivalve, bilocular, partition parallel with the 
valves, and bearing on each side a large recep¬ 
tacle. 
157. Asclepias revohita Raf. Pilosa, foliis oppositis, 
subsessilis, linearibus, acutis, undulatis, margine 
revoluto ciliato; umbellis bracteatis, corolla re- 
flexa, corniculis exertis incurvis Raf.—Ascle- 
piade 1. Rob. p. 413. Stem three or four feet, 
leaves with the ramifications of the nerves fiex- 
uose, a few ombels of orange flowers. 
158. Asclepias ? procumbeus Raf. Caule procumbens* 
foliis crassis.floribus quinque-glandulosis, 
auriculis corniculisque nullis Raf.—Asclepias 2. 
Rob. p. 413. Herbe d la Houatte vulgarly, pro« 
