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

(10) May 18th Ash. Fraxinus — Common Ash — At Frost fish Brook —

Cal. none — Corol — Stam. 2 filamt Anth. upright; oblong : 4 furrows viz. 2 on each Anth

But on ye sides send out clusters of flowers — end buds leaves —

May 23d — Large Brakes. Ed. Patch ground over river. Credo — Moon-wort. Osmunda? Osmunda Spicant?

Flowers not properly on ye leaves, but ye wings of ye leaves sending off from ye rib numerous branches wh are again divided in to branch forming bunches of flowers along ye ribs of ye small leaves — The cap —

(11) Capsules open horizontally —

The leaves are winged — runing under sid hairy — upper smooth — nearly spear shaped — entire — parallell or opposite — The flowering leaves much smuther yn ye barren leaves. — Whether ya are doubly winged uncertain — The stem is large, tall, with a considerable quantity of a kind of wool along ye lower part. roots run deep & very hard to get out of ye ground Hogs very fond of them.

May 23d — Arrowgrass—? Triglochin? In old fields near meadows —

Calix. 2 or yn may be 3 or a husk of 2 valves ovate, acuminated, husky leaves — or these may be considered only as props. Appear like props, or ye cover of ye bud.

Corol. 6 petals — ovate — acuminated — or lanceolate — intire. concave coloured. — 3 outer & 3 inner — errect — N.B. I think these ought to be called petals — for they appear

(12) appear intirely similar — They are all parmanent. — filiments are inserted into ye claws of each of ym. ye outer as well as ye inner:

Stam. 6 short, filiform, erect filamts inserted into ye claws of ye petals of ye Corol. — Anth. oblong, erect, shorter yn ye Corol.

Pist. Germ. very large, roundish — Stile none perceptable. Stig. 3 longer yn corol — nearly errect — feathery or rather hairy. —

Capsul — oblong — egg-shaped, blunt — 3 cells — opens at ye base. 3 nearly ovate seeds.

Roots fibrous — leaves not very long — some what broad embrac= =ing — 3 or 4 on ye stalk — hairy or wooly Stalk round, jointed, hairy or rather a loose wool. — 8 inch or 10 inch high — in old fields. Wd. Hubbards land. —

Blossom in roundish def heads or Spikes on sort Stalks nearly of a length — tho^. some are shorter & others longer. — foot stalks rise nearly from ye same place at & near ye top of ye stalks —

(13) Violet — Viola Tricolor

Anthera not united, flat like a leaf — leavs on leaf stalks — fingured & jagged — Stalks 3 cornered — Flower-stalks compressed near the root — with two very small linear leaves abot half way up. — Blossom purple, or bluish — on dry land. near ye border of a swamp in ye farm.

(14) appear intirely alike & filament rises from ye claw of each petal ye outer 3 as well as ye inner.

Stam. 6 filiform, short filaments — erect, inserted into ye claw of ye petals. Anther oblong, erect. Shorhter than ye Corol. Pist. Germ.

May 23d — Cohush, the root used in ye Country, for a bitter — Indian Name Cohush

Actea Spicata { Cashew — In ye garden { Mr. Swain { (Dodecand; 11 Class) { It is Actaea spicata { Either Garcinia or Crateva — { seems to approach nearest ye fatter former in calix & corol & ye latter in Cor. Stam. & Pist. —

Calix — Perianth. of 3 leaves, with broad claws, & obtuse apex — concave three concave, obtuse leaves, with broad claws: deciduous. coloured or nearly white — Corol. 3 or 4, most commonly 3 — roundish oblong (some what acute) petals, with long slender claws — longer or nearly of ye length of ye calix. deciduous —

Note — ye Calix & Corol, very small — milk white —