In its native soil, the stem is frequently only one, two 
or three flowered, with much shorter peduncles, and smaller 
radical leaves than in the cultivated plant. Native of 
North America, in shady woods, principally throughout 
the mountains, from Canada to Carolina, where it is known 
by the name of Poor Robin’s Plantain. 
Not inserted in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. 
A hardy perennial. Communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq. 
from the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds in Septem- 
ber 1822. 
