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

(15) Stam. from 15 to 20. round gradually increasing in size from their in= =sertion to ye anthera. inserted into ye receptl. spreading, & gra round & gradually increasing in size to ye anth. longer than corol. Anth. globular.

Pist. Germ. ovate very large — Stile none that is perceptacle. Stigma capitate jagged, ye apex divided by a deep grove.

Peric: a Berry Seeds —

Stems roundish, smooth, erect, Leaves growing by threes or fives, deeply & unequally serrated — surface uneaven — ye veins depressed on ye upper surface. Blossoms at ye ends of ye Stems, place, on long flower stalks, forming a kind of umbel or globular Spike — — each flower stalk has a small acuminated prope. Blossoms in a globe milk white. In rich moist woodland.

(16) May 24th — A Plant which appears like ye Arum. (in ye garden). Bowing Trilliun [Trillium] { Hexand. — 6 Class — } { probably

Trillium cernuum — Calix. Perianth of 3 ovate, acu= =minated patentent leaves; per= =sisting. (deep green)

Corol. 3 ovate acuminated pe= =tals; patent reflected nearly of ye size & shape of ye Calix. (milk-white)

Stam. 6 subulated filamts erect — short — Anth. oblong, flatish, erect Or most commonly 6 — of ye length of ye filamts

Pist. Germ. ovate, with 8 acute angles projected. Stiles ben erect, with 2 groves or channels — long= =er yn ye Stam. Stigmata in two parallell lines along ye inner grove of ye Stile & some what reflected at ye apex.

Perecap. Capsule with 4 cells — (ye cells separated in ye center of ye Capsule) — Seeds many — round =ish

(17) Stems round smooth — erect — terminating in 3 leaves — — nearly roundish, tho very acute at apex — Large veins — leaf appears like arum — large veins — ye fruit stalk pendent, short, rises from ye center of ye 3 leaves on ye top of ye stalk — so yt ye stalk terminates in a pendent flower. Blossom white — In wet land. Grows by Mr. Pecks fence — between Dr. & John Whipples & a long down to ye meadow —

June 10 — Holosteum. (very exact) — (New Sp.) Leaves ovate; acute acuminated; opposite; half embracing ye Stem. Very few small, short hairs — Stem nearly round some wt hairy — branched — jointed — tall but hardly able to support itself — a little sticky — Blossoms white — plenty in garden & rich plowed ground.

(18) June 10. (5 Class. monog.) It is a Triosteum perfoliata Gensing — & not Rondeletia americana — Vide B.8. pag 1 the nearest, but ye characters do not correspond.

Calix. Perianth of one leaf, deeply divided into 5 unequal, acumi= =nated , entire patent segments, leaves; placed on ye fruit (or above), — perforated, persisting & crowning ye fruit

Corol. One Petal; cylindrical, some wt bellied on one side & concave on ye other. The limb divided into 5 roundish Segmts nearly erect, — the 2 lower ones somewt patent. base perferated. deciduous

The base of ye tube projected on one side, containing ye nec= =tarium.

Nectrm in a projection of ye base on one side of ye Stile — numerous small glands collected into & form a protuberated body.

Stam. 5 filiform filaments; erect; inserted into ye sides of ye corol, on

(19) one third of ye way above ye base. Shorter than ye corol. — Anthera oblong. erect.

Pist. Germen below, rather oblong — tho^. may perhaps be called roundish. below. Stile cylindrical, erect, longer than the corol. Stigma caputate, larger The Apex divid some wt divided by in 3 parts by a channel or grove, just distinguishable by ye eye. The Stile pases thro: ye corol on one side ye Nectar.; & thro ye calix.

Perecarp. three cells oblong, some wt triangular but scarcely percep= =table; fleshy — 3 cells, crowned. with ye calix.

Seeds 3 oblong & compressed. one in each cell. The fruit when ripe has ye appearance of a red-berry with considerable pulp.

Stems erect, round. Leaves sessile, in pairs, between ovate &