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which rises from its ala of ye leaves, a
stand & on on ye sumit of ye stalk spreading
[drawing] from each other.

This bush grows wild — rises about
ye hight of a whistleberry bush — very
much branched. The bark of ye stalk
is light coloured, if old very ruff — The
leaves stand in pairs. And a fruit stalk
generally rises from both leaves near
ye extremity of ye branch. The leaves
are of dark green, mergin fringed with
very fine hairs.

They delight in rocky, woodsy,
moist ground. The fruit is a berry
& very fine. Have tasted fruit see ye mints
made of it.

May 17th No. 11 —
No-leaved Flower —
Traveller's Examined flowering shrub —
wonder found near Mr. Whipples swamp
& removed into my garden.

Calix — none —
Corol. 3. petales Peranthium stand on ye stalk,
inclining to ye horizon. The upper
petal nearly 3 times as broad as one
of ye lower ones. ye claw encircling
2/3rd of ye recepticle — inserted below ye
germin — & nearly as broad as an[?]
part