io8 September 1748. 



remained in a cleft of the rock, and to have been 

 turned round by the violence of the water, till it 

 had formed fuch a cavity in the mountain. For 

 on putting our hands into one of thefe cavities, 

 we found that it contained numerous fmali peb- 

 bles, whole furface v/as quite fmooth and round. 

 And thefe ftones we found in each of the holes. 



MR. Eartram mewed me a number of plants 

 which he had collected into a herbal on his tra- 

 vels. Among thefe were the following, which 

 likewife grow in the northern parts of Europe, of 

 which he had either got the whole plants, or only 

 broken branches. 



1 . Betula alba, the common birch-tree, which 

 he had found on the cats-bills:^ 



2. Eetula nana* This fpecies of birch grows 

 in feveral low places towards the hills. 



3. Ccmarum paluftre, 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. Linn&a bore alls, from the mountains in Ca- 

 nada. It creeps along the ground. 



6 . My r lea Ga le, fro m t h e n e i gh b o u rh o o d of t h e 

 river Sufquehanna, where it grows in a wet foil. 



7. Potentillafriitlcoja, from the fwampy fields 

 and low meadows, between the river Delaware, 

 and the river New York. 



8. Orient alls Eufoptea, from the cats "bills. 



g. Trlglochin maritimum> from the fait fprings 

 wards the country of the five nalicns. 



3 . MR. 



