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No. of flower stalks, in irregular circular
form, several adhering as they rise from
ye stalk.. On each of these pedicles stands
an odd shaped leaf. size & shape in margin
From ye center of these Pedicles
of leaves, rises, or rather is a [drawing]
continuance of ye stalk
itself, tho. much smaller, a
flower stalk one inch long, on wh stands
a single flower.

This flower seems to be a species
of yt wh found in B. Browns ground near
ye Pond early in ye spring & is discribed
in I Book — The lines as it is
growing looks some what like
Wood Sorrel — Grows in shaddy land.

Star Bush (MC.) 102

The flower is a long spike
on ye top of ye stalk, which consist
of a great number of distinct flowers
on ye very short pedicles — ye petals turned
quite back. But my Glass is not
sufficient to discover any think distinct
in ye disk of ye flower — It has an uneven
redish appearance, seen thro ye lense.
The spike is selendrical
The