foliola cucullata ovato-oblonga orificio obliquo retuso, 
© super stigma conniventia exserentia. 
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ASCLEPIAS incarnata. _ ig 
Rose-coloured Swallow-wort, or Water Silkweed. 
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PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. ‘ , 
Nat. ord. Avocinem. Jussieu gen. 143. Div. II. Germen duplex. 
Fructus bifollicularis.. Semina papposa. 
ASCLEPIADE®. Brown asclep. 19. Div. I. AscLePiapEx 
VERE. ed . ie ; (Sree ; othe 
. ASCLEPIAS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 76. 
A. incarnata; caule erecto superné ramoso tomentoso, foliis lanceolatis’ 
utrinque subtomentoso-lanuginosis, umbellis pluribus origine geminis, 
corniculis appendicum. exsertis. Pursh amer. sept. 1.181. : 
Asclepias incarnata. Linn. sp. pl. 1.314. Mill. dict. ed..8. n.9. Hort. 
Kew. 1. 307. ed. 2. 2. 82. acq. hort. vindob. 2.49. t. 107. Willd. SPs 
pl. 1.1267. Mich. bor. amer. 1. 115. ag Ds daeads 
‘A. caule erecto.ramoso annuo, foliis lanceolatis,  umbellis terminalibus 
erectis plurimis. Gron. virg. edit. 1. 27. 
Apocynum minus rectum canadense. Corn. canad. 9. t.93. Barrel. ic. 72. 
(6) pulchra.  Pursh l. c. 5 
Asclepias pulchra.” Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1267. Bigelow flor. bost. 63. 
Herbacea, perennis. Caulis erectus, purpureo-virescens, foliosus, superné 
opposito-ramosus, lanuginosus (v. tomentosus ex P.) subcompresso-cylindri- 
cus, obscure angulatus ». striatus, inferné glaber, nitens, crassitudine digitt. 
Folia opposita, distantia, oblonga, lanceolata, semipedatia latitudine plus 
uam sesquiunciali, subtus varicoso-nervosa, subrugato-venosa, sublanuginosa, 
qube conspicuiore ad nervos et venas inque junioribus, basi subovata v. sub- 
sordata; petiolis viz } uncie lon toribus, canaliculatis, basi tomentosis, 
caterim lanuginosis. © Flores caulis ramorumque terminales, Sragrantes,: 
carneo-purpurascentes: umbelle’ plurime pluriés, at uno versit haere 
congesto-fastigzantes EERE Solis 2, superiores bracteis 2 interposite. Pe= 
dunculi communes subrubentes, longiores pedicellis, lanuginosi, subbiurciales 
ad _brevissimos, robusti. Involucrum parvum, purpureum, triplo brevius 
edicellis, radiatum, modo retroflexum, lanuginosum, | foliolis angustissimis 
subulatis, Umbelle multiradiate, subcapitato-convere, pedicellis fine exe 
tumido carnoso pedunculi communis wndigue insertis, 3-plo circitér longioribus 
corolla, lanuginosis, ebracteatis, teretibus, sursim attenuatis. Cal. extis lanu- 
ginosus, rubido-virens, reflexus, plis duplo brevior corollé, segmentis ovato- 
acuminatis v. lanceolatis. Cor. glabra, refléxa, laciniis lanceolato-oblongis, 
acutis: corona staminea carneo-pallescens remote a plano corolla infra mee 
dium columne pro % longitudinis sue striato-teretis et pauld incluse imposita 3 
cornicula alba gracilia 
A hardy species, according to the Hortus Kewensis cul- 
tivated with us before 1710. It had been divided into two 
by Willdenow, which have been justly united again by 
