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distinction — and probably means Scutellaria. In Ecacirs 

 Dispensatory I am informed that Eyebright is MltcJiella 

 repens. The Arenaria however must be considered as thai 

 wonderful English herb, " commended by some to cleere the 

 eyes of dimnesse and no less accounted of to helpe stitches m 

 the sides." 



Blew Flower de luce. Iris versicolor. 



Yellow bastard Daffodil, it flowereth in May, the leaves are 

 green with black spots. Probably Erythroniiim Americanum. 



Dogstones, a kind of Satyrion whereof there are several 

 kinds groweth in our salt marshes. Liparisor else Orchis ; many 

 species are found in New England in meadows, which the au- 

 thor seems to confound in several instances with salt marshes. 



Watercresses. Cardamine sp. 



Bed Lillies, Avhich grow all over the country innumerably 

 among the small bushes and flower in June, are the L ilium 

 Philadelphicum mistaken for Lilium bulbiferum of the " En- 

 glish" gardens. 



Wild Sorrell is Riimex aceiosella. 



Alder's Tongue, misprint for Adder's Tongue : Ophioglossnm 

 vulgatum. 



Oneblade. Smilacina bifolia^ the young plant with a single 

 leaf. 



Lilly Convallie, with the yellow flowers, grows upon Bocky 

 Banks bj the sea. I consider this as being the Solidago sem- 

 pervirens. Consult Parkinson's Theater of Plants ; Index 

 page 1737. nv 



Water Plantain, here called water suck Leaves. Alisma 

 plantago. 



Sea Plantane, three kinds. Plantago maritima^ Triglo- 

 chin mariiimum, and perhaps Statice Limonium are intended. 



Small Water Archer. Sagittaria variabilis^ var. angustifolia. 



Autumn Bell Flower. Here we have our autumnal fringed 

 gentians, Gentiana ci'inita. 



White Hellebore, "which is the first plant that springs up 

 in this country and the first that withers ; it grows in deep 

 black mould and wet ; in such abundance, that you may in a 

 small compass gather whole cart loads of it." This fine 



