476 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



Hieracium caule erecto multifloro, foliis lanceolatis dentatis, 

 pedunculis tomentosis. Syst. Nat. 



RATTLE-SNAKE PLANTAIN. Poor Robin s Plantain. Blos- 

 soms pale yellow. The radical leaves are of a reddish colour, 

 and spread on the ground like plantain. In woods. June — Aug. 



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

 ble cure for the bite of rattle-snakes. They chewed the leaves 

 in the mouth, and, after swallowing part of the juice, applied 

 them to the wound. This is, probably, the plant which Car- 

 ver says the Indians were convinced was such a powerful anti- 

 dote, that for a trifling bribe of spiritous liquors, they would 

 at any time permit a rattle-snake to drive his fangs into their 

 flesh. 



CREPIS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 819. 



Crepis involucris calyce longioribus : squamis setaceis spar sis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



BLUE SUCCORY. Blossoms blue. Y'\A^s,'\n Cambridge. July. 

 It is said to be a good stomachic. 



Crepxis involucris ovatis concavis obtusis patentibus. Syst. Nat. 

 YELLOW SUCCORY. Blossoms yellow. Woodland. August. 



ARCTIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 830. 



Arctium foliis cordatis inermibus petiolatis. Syst. Nat. 



BURDOCK. Blossoms purple. About barns. July — Aug. 



The young stems boiled, divested of the bark, are esteemed 

 little inferior to asparagus. They are also eaten raw with oil 

 and vinegar. Dr. Withering says, a decoction of the roots is 

 esteemed, by some very sensible physicians, as equal, if not su- 

 perior, to that of sarsaparilla. 



SERRATULA. 



