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24) calyx pedunculis que subtomentosus

The stem is very upright — Leaves exceedingly thick approaching to tiled form — Serrated — ye serra very long — not thick — & ye point sharp; turned in towards ye apex of ye leaf — Some of ye leaves are perfectly ovate Some approach to oblong.

Flowe The Stem, & ye underside of ye leaves are a little tomentose, The calyx & Pedicles more so —

The flowers are in panicles sent off from ye upper part of ye stalk & nearly from a corymbose. 2 or 3, or 4 grow out from ye same branch & rise so as to be nearly equal at ye [tope?] Blos. yellow pec

25) Grows 2 or 3 feet high — ye stalk pedicles, & Flowers pretty large. Grows near ye Mr. Roberts Great Poppler in burying ground Lot, among Solidagos & Asters — Side hill _________

Prenanthes altisima agrees It must be a New Spec. —

Prenanthes nutanta — flosculis sub denis, foliis floribus nutantibus, foliis trilobis, glabris caule erecto

This may possibly be ye variety B of P. alba — But I think not.

Stem some linear. 6 or 8 feet high generally 4 or 5 — Lower leaves divided into threes — & those agn dided into one, two, or three segments or else dentated —

26) Upper leaves 3 lobed & dentated - nearly all ye leaves are properly dentated. Long leaf stems, with a leafy appendage running down to the stalks. Leaves smooth.

Flowers pendent from ye branches sent off to= =wards ye top. They are in bunches hanging down & ye top of the ye plant is — properly in ye form of a panicle of flowers — — No. of florets about ten — some more, some less Blos Yellowish white

Dr. Whipples woodland — found a specimen under Mr Sholurt's Poplars — in burying Grund lot more than 8 feet high.

27) Sept. 20 Eupatorium } oppositifoli =um Thorough Wax } Cordatifolius

I think this cannot be ye rotundifolium — for ye leaves are accuminated. They are opposite & at a distance appear like perfoliatum I should describe it — Eupatorium oppositifolium — filiis sessilibus, oppositis, distinctis, cordato-ovatis, acutis, serratis; octofloris. rugosis, subtomentosis octofloris.

Blos. White in corym= bs forming a perfect co= =rymbose. Leaves very light green & rough — In moist land, among bushes. It may be a variety of

28) Sept 21 Aster Tradescanti [tradescantii].

The Chr in Lin. accord per= =fectly — & seems to be a better, or more particular descripto. yn Aiton — But all Aitons Chr are found in this plant.

We have ye two varieties mentioned by Aiton. A floribus caeruleis. Tradiscant's [Tradescant's] dwarf Star-flower. B floribus albis. Tradiscant's Tall Star flower.

A The 1st Variety. Stem short dark purple, smooth — (1/2 or 2 feet?) leaves. leaves lanceolate — lin= =eanibus — serrated nearly ye whole length branches sent out towards ye top — nearly hori= =zontally — Little leaves an pretty thick on branches — small — nearly intire — All leaves sessile — Blossom deep yellow — ferrugin. [ferrugineous], Caeruleis Center. __________ B. 2d Variety. Stem slender smooth 3 or 4 feet high — many long branches — horitontal — with numerous small leaves. The