476. Mr. CuTLER's ecount of andigenous Vegetables, 
Aracim, aule erecta: multifloro, falis! lanceolatis dentatis, 
pea fofise > Syft. Nat; cuimosnal uio sug 
RATTLE-SNAKE PLANTAIN: - Pur. Robin's: Plantain. n Blof=: 
forms pale yellow. ^ The radical leaves are of a reddifh colour, 
and fpread on the ground like: plantain. In woods: June—Augs 
fis fid to have been confidered by the Indians as an infalli- 
ble cure for the bite of ráttle-füakes. "They chewed the leaves’ 
in the niouth, and, after fwallowing part of the juice, applied’ 
them to the wound: This is, probably; ‘the plait which Car 
ver fays the Indians. were convinced was fuch a powerful anti- 
dote. that for a trifling bribe of {piritous- liquors,. they would. 
at any time: apait: a EREN to drive his ings into: theis, 
flfh. . cinq = 
Waves .CREPSS.. Linn, Gen. Plant. ne UR NR 
diegi à PoR iem dagisrius I im faci Spat 
Syft. Nat.. AGE Da s Wows : 
BLUE SUGconr. ‘Bloffoms blue. Fei bin Gand del: 
to;be.a. good, ftamachic. a . T ot 
Crepis involucris aati concavis sab ne — Nat“ 
TEILOWSUGCÓRr. Blóffoms yellow. Wood land. ipti 
xwv. t 
SAY< 
linum 
AARONON. Linn. ‘Gen. Plant. 8: 330. 
o Artin, foliis cordatis inermibus petiolatis, Syf: Nat. - | i: f 
_ BURDOCK... _Bloffoms purple. About barns. 2 July—Aug.. 
"The young Mea; boiled, divefted of the bark, are eftcemed 
little inferior to. _afparagus. They. are alfo eaten raw with oil: 
and vinegar. "Dr. Wi ithering fays, a decottion . of the roots is 
eficemed, by fome very fenfible Riria as Los ‘if not, ead 
me to fatet, ar Gaparilla. 
ivo mua BAS „ang RA RUÉR. 
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