444 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



ternate. Blossoms pendent ; white. Common in fens and 

 quagmires. April — May. 



ARBUTUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 488. 



Arbutus caule erecto, foliis glabris integerrimis , baccis poly- 

 spermis. Syst. Nat. 



FOXBERRY. Checkerberry . Blossoms white. Berries red. 

 Common in pine and shrub oak land. It blooms in July and 

 August, but the fruit is not ripe until the next spring. 



It is in a very small degree aromatic. The leaves are much 

 celebrated by the common people as a diuretic and sweetner of 

 the blood, but are of very little efficacy. It makes an ingre- 

 dient in their diet-drinks. The berries are rather of an agree- 

 able taste, and are sometimes eaten by children in milk. 



CLETHRA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 489. 

 SWEET PEPPERBUSH. A shrub. Leaves inversely ovate ; 

 serrated. Blossoms in long spikes ; terminating ; white. Com- 

 mon in moist land and swamps. July — August. 



PYROLA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 490. 

 Pyrola staminibus adscendentibus, pistillo declinato. Syst. Nat. 

 CONSUMPTION-ROOT. Blossoms white. In wood land. 



July. 



Pyrola fioribus racemosis dispersis, staminibus pistillisquerectis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



RHEUMATISM-WEED. Blossoms pale red. In wood land. 

 It abounds near White-Mountains . 



It is said to have been considered by the Indians as an effec- 

 tual remedy in rheumatisms. 



FALSE VINE. 



