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this country, which he told me he would venture 

 to show me, but thought that both of them were 

 dyed down, as both are the earlyest productions of 

 the season. N". B. The Tiarella cordifolia is as 

 common to this country, as it is to the great 

 swamps of Wilksbarre. They call it here Rough 

 leaf. 



20.— This morning I took an excursion ac- 

 companied by Mr. Millbourne who wanted to 

 show me the Leek & Pigeon pea, as he calls it. 

 We could not find either of them, though he 

 brought me to places where he said they were 

 found in great plenty. We tore up the ground 

 in several places, ft at last succeeded to find some 

 of the roots of the leek ; it is a long bulb, of a very 

 strong garlick smell, with a black skin outside ; 

 the leaves are broad & long as he says, & appear 

 the earlyest of any thing in this country ; it 

 grows in moist, shady places alongside the hills, 

 near the bottom of the creeks : I cannot suppose 

 it to be Allium tricocca, as that prefers a rocky 

 situation. By the way in looking for these I 

 observed Streptopus lanuginosus ftroseus (:p fl:) 

 Botrypus virginiosus, Scandix dulcis, — Trillium 

 erythrocarpum (:p fl:) — which flowers white & 

 red here, t & is calld Bathroot & though to 

 possess great power in diseases of the lungs ft 

 liver. Acer montanum, very common through 

 these woods called Elk wood.— Orchis bifolia ? 

 This very singulare plant, has without doubt, the 

 handsomest leaf, of any of our natives : the two 

 leaves lay opposite one another flat on the ground, 

 are nearly circulare of a handsome lurid green 

 with darker longitudinal nerves & sometimes (>. 

 inches wide : the underside of those leaves 



