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



MITCHELLA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 126. 

 PARTRIDGEBERRY. The stems trailing. Leaves orbicular- 

 cordate ; opposite, with large white veins. Blossoms white. 

 In thick woods and swamps. June — July. 



PLANTAGO. Linn. Gen. Plant. 133. 



Plantago, foliis ovatis glabris, scapo tereti, spica floseulis im- 

 bricatis. Syst. Nat. 



PLANTAIN. Common near roads and foot-paths. June — 

 July. 



The leaves are applied, by the common people, to inflamed 

 sores and swellings. The bruised leaves they apply to fresh 

 cuts. 



Plantago foliis lanceolato-ovatis pubescentibus subdenticulatis , 

 spicis laxis pubescentibus, scapo angulato. Syst. Nat. 



VIRGINIA PLANTAIN. In grass land. Not common. May 

 — June. 



Plantago foliis semicylindraceis integerrimis basi lanatis, scapo 

 tereti. Syst. Nat. 



SEA PLANTAIN. In salt marshes. July. 



It is said to be cultivated and sown with clover in North- 

 Wales in Great- Britain, and greedily eaten by horses and cows : 

 but LinncBus says, that, cows are not fond of it. 



SANGUISORBA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 136. 

 San guisorba spicis longissimis. Syst. Nat. Pimpinella maxima. 

 Cornutus. 



AMERICAN BURNET. Snakeweed. The leaves are winged ; 

 very long. The small leaves serrated. The filaments and an- 

 therse are white. In rich moist ground. July — September. 



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