438 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, ■ 



ROBINHOOD. Leaves hairy. Blossoms pale red. In moist 

 ground. July — August. 



OENOTHERA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 424. 



Oenothera foliis ovato — lanceolatis plants^ caule Icevi sub- 

 villoso. Syst. Nat. 



SUNDROP. Blossoms in a kind of spike ; yellow. They ■ 

 open about eleven o'clock, and, commonly, not more than one 

 on the same day. In wet meadows. June. 



Oenothera htrta, foliis supra glabris, Syst. Nat. 



PRIMROSE. Leaves oblong ; serrated. Blossoms in a large 

 spike ; terminating ; yellow. Common in old fields. July. 



This plant is very generally known by the name of Scabious, 

 and seems to have been mistaken for the Scabiosa arvensis of 

 Linn(sus. No species of Scabious has been found native in this 

 part of the country. 



EPILOBIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 426. 

 Epilobium foliis spar sis lineari — lanceolatis. Syst. Nat. 

 WILLO WHERE. Stamina erect. Blossoms in a long diffuse 

 spike ; purple. By fences in moist land. July. 



Epilobium foliis oppositis lanceolatis integerrimis, petalis 

 emarginatiSf caule erecto. Syst. Nat. 



MEADOW WILLOWHERB. Blossoms reddish. Moist land. 

 July. 



VACCINIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 434. 

 The species of this genus are generally known, and are too 

 many to admit a particular description in this paper. The fol- 

 lowing are indigenous. 



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