Asclepias connivens Baldwin ex Elliott

ASCLEPIADACEAE»
6. ANANTHERIX Nutt?
Perennial erect herbs. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence
ing of small umbels of large green and white flowers. Calyx-lo
campanulate or rotate : lobes 5, longer than the tube, acutish, re!
very short but distinct, with a very narrow protruding undulatiil
crown, from which rise the hoods. Hoods as long as the corolla-I
cending and incurved high over the anthers, mainly solid and latH
a narrow, lamelliform crest within. Anther-wings membranous 01
the widened, horizontally truncate base : caudicles capillary, more til
of the short oblong pollinia. Follicles on recurving pedicels
1. Anantherix connivens (Bdldw.) A. Gray. Stems glabrousld
cent, 3-6 dm. high, solitary or two together: leaf-blades sessile, oblong'll
cm. long, transversely veined, thick and fleshy : umbels 2-5 or 6, disposal
mit of the usually naked stem: peduncles longer than the pedicels : corlf
long or more, oblong, greenish: hoods white, 8 mm. high, 3-5 mm. wide*
laterally flat conniving apex, the solid portion outlined by a marginal vein"
spreading toward the base, with two small fleshy appendages alternating, witlf
In wet pine lands and swamps, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Summer.
p.1 and lateral, consist-
small, acute. Corolla
|in anthesis. Column
^simulating an outer
•oblong-clavate, as-
compressed, with
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
PLANTS OP GEORGIA.
COLLECTED IN THE VICINITY OF POULAN, WORTH COUNTY.
CHARLES L. POLLARD,
WILLIAM R. MAXON
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Collectors. No,
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August 14-15, 1900