Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Notes on plants and natural history. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

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Contains notes on Linnaean classes of plants, including Hexandria and Tetradynamia, and plant specimens; a manuscript, possibly by botanist James MacBride (1784-1817), describing plants local to swamps, pine barrens, sand hills, and other ecoregions; lists of Linnaean names of fishes and reptiles; lists of mollusks and notes on genera including Patella and Helix; a list in French of minerals, with descriptions, locations they were found, and some donor names, in an unknown hand; notes on specimens found in limestone and on geology and geography, with an illustration on the verso; and a list of elevated mountains in American, calculated from barometrical observations by A. Partridge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. There are also some loose plants specimens.

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No. 1. Orchis clavellata. 2. Arenaria specim.? : imperfect 3. Galium uniflorum. 4. Iva n.n. 8. Thymus grandiflorus 6. Cistus canadensis Lechea major Lin. 7. Lysimachia stricta. 7. Narthecium probabaly new 8. Aster near prenanthoides 9. Scium triosteum majus 10. Gaultheria procumbens 11. Podostemum ceratophyllum 12. [Aspalathus?] gramineus 13. Arthusa? 14. Rudbeckia triloba 15. Bromus 16. Polygonum 17. Chelone 18. Pedicularis lanceolata? 19. Andromeda. n.n. calyiculata. 20. Cassia tora 21. Rudbeckia purpurea. 22. Sanguisorba canadensis. [2]3. Seems Melanthium racemosum 24. Coreopsis tripteris. 25. Spiraea trifoliata. 26. Eupatorium odoratum 27. Sicyos angulatus 28. Coreopsis verticillata var. tenuifolia Mich new sp: 29. x 30. Allium cernuum. x 31. Asplenium ruta muraria? 32. Lechea racemulosa 33 n.n. 34. ✓ Hyssopus nepetoides 35. Equisetum 36. — 37. n.n.

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38. ✓ x 39. ✓ hi on canadense 40. ✓ n.n. no flowers 41. ✓ 42. Ambrosia trifida. x 43. ✓ Asplenium rhizophyllum 44. n.n. parsnip — 45. Stipulicida setacea. 46. Saricenia rubra. 47. idem. # 48. Sar: n.s.? do get a flower 49. Galax aphylla L: Erg: rotund. nud. 50. Quercus imbricaria x 51. Prenanthes n.s. cordata # 52. Penstemon n.s. connatum x 53. ✓ Delphinium tridactylum exaltatum ? 54. ✓ Botrypus lunarioides. Bot 55. Prenanthes n.s. altissima 56. ✓ Helonias dubia # 57. Phlox. n.s. 58. n.n. 59. n.n. # x 60. Polymnia canadensis? vide 61. ✓ Elymus. 62. ✓ Viola striata 63. Ptelea trifoliata 64. Uniola latifolia. 65. Acer saccharinum. 66. ✓ n.n. x 67. Andropogon furcatus? # 67. Sedum telephioides x 69. Viburnum acerifolium. 70. hop — 2 grasses n.n. x 71. ✓ Adiantum vestitum — 72. ✓ Smilax
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73. Justicia 74. Galardia n.s. # 74. Drosera longifolia Fern pteris atropurpurea 75. Acer striatum 76. Glycine angulosa Muhl. x 76. Scutellaria lateriflora. Fern 77. Eupatorium sessilifolium 78. Hypericum. 79. # 80. Silphium connatum? x 81. Campanula nitida acuminata Mx grass Stipa sericea Mx Aristida sericea mihi. 82. Lythrum verticillatum 83. Silphium asteriscus 84 85 86. ✓ Marshallia 87. Ruellia strepens & oblongifolia 88. Gonolobus 89. ✓ Silene 90. Hedysarum acuminatum.

Orthotrichum pusillum Bartramia pomiformis [Trinius magape litena?] Mnium caespiticium —— serrulatum [serratum?] —— pseudotriquetrum Hypnum reptile Jungermannia ciliaris Phascum subulatum ——— cuspidatum Sphagnum cymbifolium Grimmia pilosa ——— apocarpa Pterigyn: [Pterigynandrum] intricatum Polytrichum [commune?] Dicranum orthocarpus.

Osmunda regalis ——— [innamorea?] Botrychium virginianum ——— lunaria 5. Ophioglossum —— Asplenium ruta-muraria Pteris pubescens —— atropurpurea Asplenium rhizophyllum 10. Adiantum vestitum Onoclea sensibilis. Polypodium virginianum Asplenium polypodioides Nephrodium Mx 15 Adiantum pedatum. Asplenium ebeneum Nephrodium acrostichoides Cenomyce gracilis Lichen fastigiatus —— barbatus Cornicularia aculeata 5 Lecidia rubescens Parmelia turneri Lichen puniceus. Lichen cinereofuscus — jacquininus [jacquinii] —— 102 10 —— 105. Hydrangea —— opegrapha Parmelia perlata —— parietina 15 Lichen denigratus —— niveus —— pannosa [pannosus] Parmelia virella Lichen chlorinus 20 —— foraminulosus? —— sulphureus Borrera furfuracea Cetraria glauca. —— nivalis 25 Lecidea gyrophoroides Lichen filiformis 27 —— quercinus

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* surprised to find the sugar maple growing at no greater distance than 28 miles from town on both sides of Watboo causeway. The land is occassionaly inundated by high tides & freshets — (Lime stone land.)

† This shrub grows plentifully on the bluffs of swamps at the distance of 50 miles from the sea —

§ Plants of very local habitats the 2d stripe.

Senecio balsamitae Muhl. (wet pine woods St Stephens 45 miles from Charleston) Anemone carolinana Walt. (Santee Swamp bluff. One plantation only) Cranichis — — — — — lime stone lands St Johns Hydrolea (caule inermi, flor. magnis terminal.) ponds, St Stephens

The lime stone tract in St Johns parish from its peculiar soil affords the following plants of the upper country & mounts at no greater distance from Charleston than 60 miles

Berberis ————— Angelica triquinata Mx
Clematis viorna Mx Saxifraga virginiensis Mx
———— virginiana Mx Senecio obovata Muhl
*Acer saccharinum — Monotropa lanuginosa Mx
Delphinium azureum Mx Arethusa foliosa Walt
Trillium cernuum Mx Heliotropium indicum Mx
Asarum canadense Mx Anemone hepatica Mx var. fol
Aquilegia canadensis Mx lobis obtusis
Hydrangea vulgaris Mx Campanula ——
Tilia americana Mx
Carpinus ostrya Mx
Ulmus ——————
† Calycanthus floridus
At the distance of 30 miles from Columbia on the Winnisboro road we lose sight of the long leafed pine & meet with the chestnut or in other woods we arrive in the upper country or 3d stripe & if we proceed 100 miles in a N.W. course we arrive at the mountains of S. Carolina

§Plants of the upper country

Chestnut oak also in the mountains Carpinus ostrya Mx Corylus rostrata Mx Viola pedata Mx Micranthemum. species nov. in moist places. Collinsonia canadensis Mx Cunila pulegioides et mariana Mx Queria canadensis Mx Asclepias incarnata Mx in meadows Frasera walteri Asarum canadense & virginicum Mx Dalibarda fragarioides M Delphinium exaltatum Muhl. Triosteum majus Mx Clematis virginiana Mx —————— sericea Mx Cuphea viscosissima Mx Magnolia 3 petala Mx —————— acuminata Mx Nycnanthemon [Pycnanthemum?] monardella Mx Coreopsis 3 pteris Mx —————— tenuifolia Muhl Rudbeckia 3 loba Mx Cypripedium parviflorum Mx Spiraea 3 foliate & stepulata Muhl Adiantum pedatum.

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Growth of the Mountains

Veronica virginica Mx moist places.
Galax aphylla Linn.
Gentiana 5 flora Muhl.
Gentiana catesbaei var.
{flor. caeruleis striatis, fol. lanceolat.}
{flor. pancioribus ———
Asclepias 4 folia
Campanula flexuosa Mx
Aralia racemosa Mx Asplenium ruta-muraria Mx
Hydrangea nivea Mx moist places ————rhizophyllum Mx
Caulophyllum thalictroides Mx
Helonias dubia Mx
Polygonum linifolium Muhl.
Sedum telephioides Mx (barren rocks)
Gautheria procumbens Mx
Chelone latifolia Muhl.
[?]rlnifo? acuminata Mx
[Rhododendron?] maximum }
[?] — [catesbeiana?]} water
[Andromeda?] calyculata Mx
[Cucubalus?] stellatus Mx
[Aronia?]arbutifolia var B in bogs
[Viburnum?] acerifolium Mx
Hemlock pine — watercourses
Arethusa — — — — —
Cypripedium two species
Pyularia of Michaux
Veratrum album Mx
Acer striatum
Sanguisorba canadensis Linn.
Spiraea salicifolia Mx
——— tomentosa Mx
——— opulifolia Mx
Rubus occidentalis Mx
——— odoratus
Tilia americana or canadensis Mx
[loss]
Aconitum uncinatum
Quercus imbricaria
Aristolochia sipho Mx
Polygala senega
Prenanthes cordata Mx
——— crepidinea
Liatris spheroidea —
Eupatorium [sessilifolium?] Mx
——— aromaticum
Polymnia canadensis Mx
Viola — — — (caulescens) -
Ophrys pubera Mx
Pedicularis lanceolata Mx
Parnasia palustris in the rivlets of the mts.
also as low as
Columbia.
Swampy lands liable to inundation Olea Americana I have found tho sparingly on knowls in there lands tho never in great abundance nor farther from the sea than 50 miles

Planera gmelini Mx (Santee Blackriver & probably Peedee) swamps.

Chironia calycosa Mx Nymphaea lutea Mx ——— sagittifolia. Asclepias debilis Mx Hibiscus has]tatus Mx Pancratium mexicanum Mx. (P. mexicanum Walt. is to be seen in the tide lands of looper river) 2 flor. 3 flor, 4 -5 x 6— Decumaria forsythia Mx Mespilus hyemalis Walt Clematis crispa Mx. Glycine frutescens Mx Amorpha fruticosa Mx Robinia pseudoacacia descends from the mountains in the Santee (so does the [ordi. chido capsum arctinum?] Mx) swamp quite into the middle of the second strike

Gleditschia [Gleditsia] 1. sperma Mx. Spilanthus
repens Mx.
Populus angulosa Mx. Acer criscarpum Mx
— heterophylla Mx. Betula papyracea Mx
Carpinus americana Mx. Nypa aquatica Mx
Fraxinus platycarpa Mx. Echites difformis Mx
§5 Sandhills At the distance of 120 or 130 miles from the sea we meet with barren sandhills separated rivulets supplied by springs. A belt of these (parallel to the ocean) of 20 miles breadth forms the northern limit of the second stripe. The hills are thinly covered with Quercus nigra & stunted Pinus palustris. In the rivulets we meet with the Laurus pseudobenzoin growing in rich perfection. Drosera — — — . Sarracenia similis S. purpurea. Narthecium glaberrimum (sp. nov) Kalmia angustifolia. On the hills we meet with the Galerdia [Gaillardia] lanceolata Mx. Stipulicida setacea Mx. Epigaea repens Mx Eriogonum tomentosum Mx. Thymus carolinianus Mx Silphium pumilum Mx. Euphorbia ipecacuanha Mx. Robinia hispida Mx.
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