Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823. Manasseh Cutler papers, 1782-1856. Book VII. gra00062. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

135 May 2d Evergreen. Decand. monog. — Abutus uva ursi [Arbutus] Vid Marshall p. 11 On ye hills between the Harbour Cape Ann & Manchester —

Calix — Perianth monoph — Tea Cup shaped — with 5 large, deep, circular concave Segt coloured inside & out — white tinged with red —

Corol. 1 petal — Tubular — Ovate — much larger or longer yn Calix — Limb 5 small, circular Segts inflected & lapping so as to close ye mouth of ye tube, wh mouth is small — (perhaps they may expand more at some perticular times, or when ye flower is in a more advanced state — but examd it several stages of advancet.) — Inside some wt hairy — no appearance of a nectm. of any kind — Colour whitish, tinged with red — base & apex reddish —

Stam — 10 short, Subulated filmts broad at ye base, hairy — with a very large hair or fibre growing out from ye base of each double Anth. & turned down =ward on ye side of ye filament — it may

136 be a nectm it grows down ward, & yn crooks upward — properly curved — it is a kind of appendage — ye filamt rise from ye receptl at ye base of ye germ — — Anth — erect — double — (in ye most [af?] form, not long nor yet round) —

Pist — Germ. globular, within ye Corol — Stile, cylind. Shorter yn corol, but longer yn Stam — Stig. Capitate — it seems to be circular, perforated in ye middle — or ye Stigma is some wt larger round yn ye Stile, & concave being ye terminato. of ye Stile, well defined —

Per. either a berry with about 10 seeds — or a capsule of 10 seeds or more, & 10 Cells — 10 valves —

Seeds 10 or more

Stem creeping, woody, takes root — grows 6 or 8 inch high — Leaves alternate inversely ovate, short pedicle — entire — smooth — thick — deep green — Bloss — in shape of an acron — whitish tinged with red — grow at ye end of ye branch very

(137) Very close, very short flowr stalk — but of different lengths — Seems to be a proper Thysis — Flowers very small —

May 11th Decand. mon — Andromeda anastom. [anastomosans] ? or mucronata? } Linn 549 Gard Robe. Bog ever green Generic Characters perfectly agree with Lin — except Col. ovato — 2 bractea circular, with some wt of a pointed apex — Leaves of different forms some of them ovate — some lanceolate & some inversely ovate or clubshaped —

Racems one ranked (Secundis) leafy — Hemp Shrubby — numerious white dots on both surfaces of ye leaves (ye veins are anastomosans or ye veins run into one another) leaves all turned up wards & stand erect along ye flower branches — wh stand oblique — (all leaves erect) Am in doubt about ye Species The

138 The leaves are very slightly & irregularly serrated — scarcely perceptable to ye naked eye —

— It appears to me probably ye position of ye leaves may form an essential Specific Character — but as I have seen but one other species I am in doubt about it —

139 Jan 13th Juniperus. Sapina? Savin

It is ye Sabina of Miller. One of his species agree well but does note agree with ye Savin a spec. of Lin —

The leaves are lanceolate, sessile, concave, very stif & pricky so as not to be handled without gloves having very sharp points. — placed single around ye branches at a small distance. — The flowers in very short & small cones, numerous rising from ye axilla of ye leaves.

Have not seen ye berries — Grows in Mr. Deans Pasture, in my woodlot — & Mr. Woods pastur in Wenham. It spreads on ye ground for a long way — all ye branches lie prostrate — & not rise more yn 4 or 5 inches — The leaves are given to Horse mixed with ye oats, to prevent & kill ye botts —