Cultivated in this country by Mr. John Trad esc ant, 

 jun. in 1656. A hardy perennial, growing to the height of 

 about two feet; leaves ribbed, lower ones not unlike thofe of 

 Plantain. Blooms about June; corollas minute, fucceeded 

 by fmall red berries. Eafily propagated by parting its roots ; 

 fucceeds beft. in a light foil and fhady fituation. 



Ranks among the Smilaces, a denomination given to a fub- 

 divifion of this genus, including the fpecies which have rotate 

 corollas. G. 



