442. Mr. CuTLEN's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
ed with . dark red. ~: Iti makes. an: elegant: appearance amongtt 
aie — nea; A desi. s x near 
kc irc i^ ) ‘cbs sa 
38% GUADSNESTS ‘Bloffems jello "Abau: Great I1 pod 
in ‘the Rate of 1 New. Happjbire. Jy 
secto ibi qiio: 
buble ed A JU: SSUEA. Linn. Gen. Phat. p^ ibis 
- è WOOD LAN » Rattle Snake, Plantain, The | mudo 
ithi - ie: coroll: The other characters agree with. Linnaeus 5 
t tion. si Th Ss: with: only one. er two. forall 
pe five petals i in the flowers. -Radical leaves large ; ovate 
; flightly indented ; fpreading on the ground, Blofloms i in open 
fpikes: 5... terminating ; _greenith white, In rich wood land. 
‘June. 
It is faid to cure the bite of a VÉ frake, by applying the 
chewed leaves to the wound, and fwallowing a quantity of the 
juice. It commonly grows plentifully near their dens. Where- 
ever thefe dangerous ferpents haunt, nature feems to have c- 
vided an effe&ual antidote again{t their venom. 
id. diiw 
| KALMIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 482. 
Kalmia foliis ovatis, corymbis terminalibus. |. Syft. Not. 
"eREAT LAUREL: Wintergreen. Spoonhaunch, Bloffome 
white, tinged item red. In moift, rocky pnm mer 
July. 
:ti&Ehe Indians are: eid t to nu made finall difhes, fpoons, and 
others ufils,'out of the roots, . They are fomctimes employ- 
-ed by people inthe country for fimilar purpofes. | "T hey are large, 
