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June 1st: 1783 — No. 100
Yellow flowered grass —

Cal. None —
Corol. 5 pet. — curled a little backward, oblong,
under side of a yellowish green — upper
of a very bright yellow. Stand on ye fruit.

Stam — 6 subulated filam. short erect, growing
from ye ungus of ye petals — Antherea
double stand on ye apex, horozontally —
ye filaments inserted into ye middle
of ye side of ye anth. & supports them &
are balanced.

Pistil — Single Style, cylindrical, hairy, near
as long as ye filaments. Stigma very
small, & not distinctly to be seen.

Germ. Inverted Cone — hairy, ye apex flat
on wh stand ye petals, in ye center ye
Style. The whole disk of ye flower
a bright yellow.

Seeds

Root — a bulb, but small outside dark
Leaves, long, narrow, 3 square hollow.
ye inner side — like grass. A no. of ym
rise from ye bulb togeth embracing
each other — Several flower stalks
rise amidst of ye leaves — roundish
flat — On these stalks stand 2 or 3
flowers on short stalks, & ye main
stalks terminate in a flower.
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