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

150) Female On different trees — Very numerous of a purple colour — stand thick on ye flowering branches

[Find difficulty in distinguish. ye cal. from corol. From ye Linn descripo. I should conclude there was no proper calix — only 4 scals? uper leaves of ye bud expand. edges a little ? coloured. inside prominent & of ye colour of ye corol.]

On further exam. think the cal. 3 parted — small coloured some what pointed — Cor. 3 — prominent, acute — fleshy — reddish purple

Germ. beneath — Styles not in yellow, ovate, compressed bodies in ye center of ye bloss — of

151) of unequal form — size — & number — possible these bodies are not ye styles — but ye stiles rise from yr center or apex — extremely short — but I should think them only ye simple stigmas. In some one & large; — in others 2 — wh is ye general no. — some have three — & others very small — compressed, & pointed.

The char. may agree pretty well except styles. By observing ye progress of ye berry — a better opinion may be formed.

The old berries on these trees pale blue! Can not be satisfied about ye No. of seeds.

Vid. Gaertners Tab. leaves no doubt of its being a Junip.

It seems to be J. barbadensis Not time now to exam. Spn will decide. takein the old & young leaves

152) leaves — comp! with Withering spcn —

May 24th — Pinus canadensis? Hemlock — Gen. Chr. accord.

Leaves solitary — with short leaf-stalks — standing along ye branches in 2 rows, opposite sides. The base of ye leaves ap= =proaching nearer to ye side of ye limb, than to ye under side. Some short leaves on ye upper side; pointing ye same way & lay with ye branches & lay nearly flat upon ym.

The leaves are so arranged as to give ye appearance of

153) of a flat surface to ye branches.

Leaves flat, or strap-shaped — — obtuse — upper surface some what rounded — of a deep green — ye rib depressed. Under side the rib — projecting with a whitish stripe on each side, ye length of ye leaf — It is not membrana= =ceous — it is of some thickness — & an evident pulp within its surface.

The white lines seem to be formed by extremely fine & numerous whitish dots. The edge of ye leaf intire.

Whether this is ye Hem= =lock Spruce fir tree of Aiton or ye P. [Picea] Abies amera. of Marshall seems to admit of doubt. Spec. Pl. ye nearest — Chr. The cones are small of an a

154) oval oblong form. Light brown colour.

May 24 Taxus. an Canadensis? Marshall The Yew Tree — Cald here Savin

Male — Gen. Chr. seem perfectly to accord

Female — An globose ovate tho^. some what 4 square germ. contained within scales resembling bud scales — the apex projecting — it is ovate, only