Plants described by Charlevoix. 227 
65. ** La Sarrasine.” 
Sarracenia purpurea. Side saddle flower. An herbaceous 
perennial growing in sphagnous swamps about Quebec : the 
Jeaves are tubular or pitcher shaped and are always filled with 
water. This very singular plant was named after a Dr, Sar- 
rasin of Quebec. 
66. ** Sang Dragon du Canada.” 
Sanguinaria canadensis. Blood root. A perennial herba- 
ceous plant, growing throughout Canada. Its thick fleshy 
roots are full of a deep red juice, and have cathartic and eme- 
tic qualities. 
67. “ Matagon du Canada.” 
Cornus canadensis. A low herbaceous plant growing about 
Quebec on dry ground: it bears a small red fruit four 
or five together, ccentaining a flat stone ; it is sometimes ex- 
posed for sale iu market by the name of ‘¢ Graine de perdrix,’’ 
but this name I believe, is also given to the fruit of Gautheria 
procumbens and Mitchella repens. 
68. 69. “ La Canneberge, deux especes,” 
Oxycoccus vulgaris and macrocarpus. ‘Two kinds of Crane 
berry. Atoca, Two slender recumbent shrubby evergreens, 
growing in swampy and marshy grounds, producing the weil 
known fruit called Cranberry : the former species grows in a 
sphagnous swamp at Sillery ; the frait is very delicious : the 
other grows in abundance in the bays bordering on Lake St. 
Peter, and bears the fruit usually brought to market. 
70. ** Hedisaron 4 trois feuilles du Canada. 
Hedysarum canescens? An herbaccous perennial. 
71. “ Fumetaire gousseuse et toujours verte du Canada,” 
Corydalis glauca. A beautiful biennial plant, of a light 
green colour, bearing flowers handsomely marked with yellow 
red and green: grows in Ste, Foi wood. 
72. ** Fumaria tuberosa insipida ; Canadensis.” 
Corydalis cucularia. Breeches flower. A pretty litle herb- 
accous percanial, growiog on the Island of Orleans. 
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