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De Candolle’s Origin of Cultivated Plants. 245 
Douglas under the of Indian p of the Assin- 
iboine tribe, by Bourgeau as “ H. subtuberosus,” in herb. Kew, 
and by Dr in Owen’s Minnesota Report, p. 614, 
parts of Canada West. The aborigines who cultivated it must 
have obtained it from the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi 
and their tributaries, where it abounds. 
ehanthus annuus L.,—the history of which was almost 
seeds, which they used for greasing their hair, also for eating 
and other purposes. Champlain noted this (in 1610?), and 
e 
qui's trent de la graine,” etc., piously adding: “ Mais com- 
Ment cst-ce que ce peuple sauvage a pt trouver l’invention de 
rer d'une huyle que nous ignorons, sinon a l’ayde de la divine 
Providence.” " The wild original of this Sunflower must have 
* Champlain’s earlier record of the cultivation and use of the Sunflower is 
? 
uron towns near the southeastern point of Bs amplain 
Teached by the a (R. des Prairies) and Lake Nipissing. The lamented 
Deca has here introduced some confusion into the history, which we hasten 
to rectify. In his article in the Flore des Serres xxiii, p. 108, 
phlet), he says, “Je trouve dans Champlain lobservation suivante (Voyag. 
France, réimpress. 1830, tom. i, p. 110):” 
St. 
es fermés de palisa bois, jusqu’ a Cah 7 t 
and so on to the mention of the “grande quantité de bled I’Inde (Mais) qui y 
Vient trés beau, comme aussi des citrouilles, Herbe des soleil, dont ils font de 
Phuile, de la graine de laquelle ils se frottent Ia téte.” 
e of 44.50° being stated, would refer ('ahiagué and the Sun- 
cited by name and . The excelle 
otation act He must have taken it at second hand and neglected to 
it. 
