Indian Hemp.Apocynum cannabinum.
Found on river banks during July and August.
This branching plant, from 2 to 3 feet in height, has milky juice, smooth and exceedingly tough bark, and is dull red in color.
The tip of the oval leaf is abruptly sharp-pointed; the margin is entire, the surface is smooth, and the color is dark green. The leaves are set on short stems, and placed in pairs.
The small and inconspicuous flowers are 5-pointed, and greenish white. They form small flat clusters on the ends of the branches.
The leaves and flowers have a faint pleasant odor. The plant is extremely awkward in gesture, without the redeeming grace of bloom belonging to its next of kin, the Dogbane.