41 8 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



below the petals of the nectarium. Antherae globular ; co- 

 vered by the hooded petals of the nectarium. Germen above ; 

 globular. Stile cylindrical ; erect ; shorter than the stamina. 

 Stigma trifid. Capsules three ; each one cell ; one valve. 

 Seeds one in each cell ; ovate compressed. 



Stems woody. Leaves ovate ; serrated ; acuminated. Blos- 

 soms in long, terminating, open spikes ; snow white. By 

 fences, and among bushes in loamy land. July. 



The leaves of this shrub have been much used by the com- 

 mon people, in some parts of the country, in the room of In- 

 dia tea ; and is, perhaps, the best substitute the country affords. 

 They immerse the fresh leaves in a boiling decoction of the 

 leaves and branches of the same shrub, and then dry them with 

 a gentle heat. The tea, when the leaves are cured in- this way, 

 has an agreeable taste, and leaves a roughness on the tongue 

 somewhat resembling that of the bohea tea. 



CAMPANULA? Linn. Gen. Plant. 201. 

 Campanula foliis subovatis integerrimis, caulibus diffusis. Syst. 

 Nat. 



VENUS LOOKING-GLASS. Blossoms yellow. On high land. 

 July. 



PHYTEUMA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 203. 

 Phyteuma capitulo subfolioso, foliis omnibus lanceolatis. Syst. 

 Nat. 



RAMPION. Blossoms white with blue veins. Moist land. 



July. 



LONicERA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 210. 

 Lonicera racemis terminalibus, foliis serratis. Syst. Nat. 

 HONEYSUCKLE. Bastard Cherry. Blossoms yellow, tinged 

 with red. Among bushes in loamy land. June. 



VERBASCUM. 



