Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823. Manasseh Cutler papers, 1782-1856. Book XII Descriptions and Notes on American indigenous plants by Manasseh Cutler. gra00062. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

19) L. Brown's hill

______ Aster Salicifolius? Aiton Willow leaved Aster

Spec. Chr. seem to accord well only ye leaves are all sessile below, & towards ye top sub amplexicaulitus — or semiamplexicaulibus — The form of ye lower leaves accord with ye willow, only not serrated & has no stem. Bloss rays Deep blue disk yellow. L. Brown Hill

20) Sep 16 Aster laevis Smooth leaved embracing Aster — Vide page 29 Spc. Chr. accord if we com= =pare Aiton & Lin. Aiton ye best —

We have two Varieties Both — lower leaves Sessile slightly serrated. Upper leaves Amplexicaulibus Branch leaves wedgeshaped.

A. lower leaves oblongo — lanceolate. disk of ye flowers fernigineus [ferrugineous]

B. lower leaves lanceolate very few & small serra disk yellow —

The Bloss rays deep blue. L. B Hill. Vide p. 29

21) Sept. 19. Eupatorium perfoliatum Thorough wax — Accords well —

The leaves are not per= foliate but connate. Florets frequently from 15 to 20 The pappus does note always ap= pear plumose — some is rather hairy — Florets reddish — pappus Whit ____________________

Eupatorium scandens Accord well

Florets 4 — Leaves cordate Crenata — dentate acuminate, long pedicles. Twines about bushes in swamps, sides of brooks, & rivers. L. Browns Bridge. florets whitish pappus white. ___________

Eupatorium purpureum. Accord very well —

Honesty. Devil's-Bit — Dr. Fobes says ye root of this is bitten — being a little bulb with ye lower

22) lower part bitten off —

The leaves are generally 4 in a verticulate form — Some times 5 or 6 — The stems & petioles very generally purplish. Some few are green with dark pets The Calyx & florets purplish-red. The number of florets from 6 to 10 — generally 8 — they be said to be about some less & some more. Banks of ditches in Meadows by the streams of water. Common. The Stem is solid, or filled with a pith. Augt. Sept. _____________

Eupatorium maculatum Fall Honesty. Char. accord well

Stem very tall sometimes 6 feet high, Greenish with nu= =merous bluish spots or dark spects. Some of ye stems are reddish, with dark spects or stria — or both — Leaves from 4 to 6 or 7, in a verticulate form Lanceotl. — equally serrated — accuminated —

23) long petioles — Vein large — very little tomentose on ye under side.

The Stem when arrived to maturity is hollow, hairy It grows among bushes in moist ground & deep soil. Boys make fifes of ye stems.

The leaves in ye species are much father distant than in ye former, frequently 6, 8, or 10 inch apart. —

The pappus in this & ye former species seems to be rather pilose yn plumose. Calix & Corol a light purple. _________

Hieracium { N.S. Corymbo =sum. arvensis imbricatum

This is evidently a N.Sp. I should describe it.

Hieracium corymbosum — caule erecto folioso, subtomentosa, multifloro, subcorymbosa; — foliis alternis, sub imbricatis, ovatis, sessilibus, serratis, acutis, calyx