In that country it inhabits pine woods, growing beneath 
the dense shadow of such places, and arriving at the stature 
ofa man. Its fruit is used as food by the Indians, who 
pound it into a sort of cake, which we have tasted, but 
which did not prove very palatable to an European. It 
abounds in a mucilaginous insipid juice. 
We should hope that this plant may one day become 
useful as a covert for game. It is disposed to produce 
seeds in England, and at any rate increases so readily from 
layers and suckers, that it might easily be multiplied to 
any extent. 
A pa 
