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plants which he had collected into a herbal 

 on his travels. Among thefe were the fol- 

 lowing, which likewiie grow in the nor- 

 thern parts of Europe, of which he had ei- 

 ther got the whole plants, or only broken 

 branches. 



1 . Betula alba. The common birch tree, 

 which he had found on the cats-bills. 



2. Betula nana. This fpecies of birch 

 grows in feveral low places towards the 

 hills. 



3. Comarum palufire, in the meadows, 

 between the hills in New Jerfey. 



4. Gentiana lutea, the great Gentian, 

 from the fields near the mountains. It was 

 very like our variety, but had not fo many 

 flowers under each leaf. 



5. Linncea borealis, from the mountains 

 in Canada. It creeps along the ground. 



6. Myrica Gale, from the neighbourhood 

 of the river Sufquebanna, where it grows in 

 a wet foil. 



7. Potentilla fruticofa, from the fwampy 

 fields and low meadows, between the river 

 Delaware, and the river New Tork. 



8. Trientalis Europcea, from the cats-bills. 



9. Triglocbin maritimum, from the fait 

 fprings towards the country of the five na- 

 tions. 



Mr. 



