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.

170) opposite on ye stem, ye base embracing ye stem. Hairy on ye under side — ye edge finely ciliate In ye axilla of one of ye leaves of each pair rises 2 small leaves pointing different ways. From ye axilla of ye upper most pair, except one, rises a long, naked fruit stem which at mid-way divide into 2, each bearing a single flower. Stem round — covered with very short hairs. Bloss white.

Bill Potters' Wood Island among bushes.

171) June 4. Trillium an cernum [cernuum]? Gen. Chr. accord. Stem round, large, smooth erect. 6 or 8 or 10 inches high, terminating in 3 large broad leaves, approaching to circular. The apex acute. very short leaf-stalks. Large veins, & is thin, tho^. I should hardly consider it membranaceous. Edge entire. Peduncle is sent off from ye center of ye stem in ye axilla of ye 3 leaves turned down — Disks of ye bloss. parallel with ye ground. Calex & cor. reflected back. Germ 6 acute projected angles. Filaments placed in ye sinuses. Bloss. whitish yellow

172) yellow — or rather yellowish white cor. rather less yn cal.

The leaves are note revo= =lute — but spreading with ye apex rather incline down ward I doubt whether it be ye same species described by Cold. [Colden] Catesby or Walter. But it approaces very near it.

Bill Potter's Wood Island By old rotton stumps & logs in shaddy ground — & in a rich loose soil

Convallaria an bifolia? Adder's tongue It is tretrandis. 1/3 pt. wanting Gen. Ch. accord well. Petals 4 — obtuse patenti-reflexus

173) Stam. 4 — Stigma in 3 pts or little coloured globules. Berries not exam

Root small, white, creeping, sending of, at joints, long fibres

Stem 4 inch. high, erect, round — 2 alternate leaves towards ye top, sessile, cordate, acute, 3 nerves, smooth entire

Stem terminates, in a kind of spike raceme of flowers, each supported on a short peduncle two or 3 or more going of in a verticulate form — & terminating with a large number rising from ye end of ye stem. Bloss milk white, an an agreeable smell.

It abounds in moist wood-land & among bushes in

174) in low ground. Leavs often 3 in number.

Mespilus Canad. [canadensis] Servis Tree. Gen. Accd. & Sp. Chr. perfectly

Only that — cells are 5 & often 2 seeds in a cell — Seeds frequently 10 —

June 6 Medeola? Virg. [virginiana]? Indian Cucumber Cal. nullus (nisi Coral— ) Cor. Petala less ovato-oblongo acute 3 entire — 3 interifere aequalia = 3 inter