. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 14. Asclepias variegata L. White Milk-weed. Fig. Asclepias variegata L. Sp. PI. 217. 1753. Stem glabrous below, pubescent above when young, simple, 1 °-3° high. Leaves opposite, thick, oval, ovate, oblong or the lower somewhat obo- vate, obtuse and cuspidate or acutish at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, dark green above, pale beneath, 3'-6' lo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 14. Asclepias variegata L. White Milk-weed. Fig. Asclepias variegata L. Sp. PI. 217. 1753. Stem glabrous below, pubescent above when young, simple, 1 °-3° high. Leaves opposite, thick, oval, ovate, oblong or the lower somewhat obo- vate, obtuse and cuspidate or acutish at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, dark green above, pale beneath, 3'-6' long, i'-$' wide, the middle ones sometimes verticillate in 4's; petioles 3"-l2" long; umbels 1-4, terminal, or rarely 1 or 2 in the upper axils, densely many-flowered; pe- duncles l'-2' long; pedicels J'-ii' long, erect or ascending, usually densely puberulent; corolla- segments ovate or oval, about 3" long, white, or purple near the base; column very short and thick, purplish; hoods globose-obovoid, obtuse, spreading, longer than the anthers, about equal- ling the semi-lunate horizontally pointed horn; follicles downy, erect on the deflexed fruiting pedicels, 4's' long. In dry woods or thickets, Connecticut (?), south- ern New York to Illinois, Arkansas, Florida and Texas. June-July. 15. Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. Four- leaved Milkweed. Fig. 3397. A. quadrifolia Jacq. Obs. Part 2. 8. pi. 33. 1767. Stem slender, simple, i°-2° high, usually leaf- less below. Leaves thin, sparingly pubescent on the veins beneath, ovate to lanceolate, 2'-6' long, i'-2i' wide, acute. or acuminate, narrowed or rounded at the base, or the lowest pair much smaller, obovate and obtuse, the upper and lower opposite, the' middle ones usually verticillate in 4's; umbels 1-4, terminal, or rarely in the upper axils; peduncles slender, ¥-2%' long; pedicels about 1' long; corolla pink or nearly white, its lobes lanceolate-oblong, 2"-$" long; column short; hoods white, obtuse at t
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