80 Literary Intelligence. 



of the American union. Indeed, it is difficult to say, in 

 which it is most abundant. Ph*. 



Perhaps, few of the North-American plants have a 

 more extensive range, from north to south (and, proba- 

 bly, from east to west), than the Mitchella repens. It 

 is very common in the New-England states, and I think 

 it is found in Greenland ; for I take this to be the plant 

 to which Crantz alludes, in the following words : It 

 " has little round smooth leaves, always in pairs, and 

 supporting a little downy flower between them. They 

 say this serves for the food of the rein-deerf." The 

 Mitchella is common in the country round Hudson's- 

 Bay, and it extends, at least, as far south as Georgia, 



where it is known by the name of Turkey-Berry. 



It would seem, therefore, that we are safe in assigning to 

 this plant, a range of at least forty degrees of latitude. 

 Of its range from east to west, I cannot speak with so 

 much confidence : but we well know, that the Mitchella 

 extends from the neighbourhood of the Atlantic to the 

 Missisippit. 



Perennial. Flowers (in Pennsylvania, New- Jersey, 



<kc.) in June and July : ripens its fruit in August and 

 September. The fruit often continues upon the plant 

 through the winter, and succeeding spring. — The stems 

 are slender and shrubby, lying close to the ground, and 



* All the vegetables thus marked, in the Flora, are found within 

 twenty miles of the city of Philadelphia. 



t The History of Greenland, Sec. Vol. i. p. 66. English 

 translation. London: 1757. 



| Sketch of a Geographical View of the Trees and Shrubs oi 

 North-America. MS. 



