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oil account of its dying quality. It grows in woody, 

 moid places, in a fine foil. Kalm obferves, " that 

 " the roots of this plant are employed by the In- 

 " dians in dying the quills of the American Por- 

 s£ cupine red, which they put into feveral places of 

 " their work : air, fun, and water, feldom change 

 " this colour. The French women in Canada 

 " fometimes dye their cloth red with thefe roots, 

 ts which are but fmall, like thofe of the Galium 

 <k luteum or yellow bedftraw." 



Dr. Linnaeus defcribes this plant, as having fix 

 harrow linear leaves at each knot of the flem, and 

 four at die branches ; commonly two flowers are en 

 each fblk, and its feeds are frnooth. The roots, 

 when dry, are of the thicknefs of a crow quill, brown 

 on the outfide, and of a bright purple red, when 

 broken,^ on the infide. 



The fecond plant, or the Tifavoyanne jaune, is 

 according to Prof. Kalm, vol. iii. p. 160. " the 

 ce threeleaved Hellebore (Helleboriis trifolius Linn.) 

 " grows plentifully in woods, in mofly, not too wet, 

 c * places. Its leaves and ftalks are employed by the 

 " Indians to dye yellow feveral kinds of their work, 

 ei made of prepared fkins. The French learned 

 *' from them to dye wool and other things yellow 

 " with this plant." 



Among the roots fent as a fpecimen from Hudfon's- 

 bay, I found feveral leaves, which I feparated, and 

 foand the plant undoubtedly to be the threeleaved 

 Hellebore. 



In the 4th vol. of Dr. Linnaeus's Arnoenitates 

 Academics is a figure of this plant, which upon 

 comparifon I found by no means to be accurate : for 



the 



