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.

27?) Gen Chr. Nectary ovate, gibbous, with an ovate lip. Sp. Chr.

Roots fibrous. one oblong leaf (near midway of ye stem) embracing ye stem. One flower, drooping (or pendent) — lip of ye honey cup obtuse as long as ye petals, border The border ciliate, towards ye apex, serr fo Lip of ye honey cup as long as ye petals, obtuse, towards apex some what serrated & ciliated

Stem simple, erect, 10 or 12 Inches high, with fibrous roots, consisting of two different kinds of fibres. The uper fibres resemble white threads, e[x]tending near ye surface to a considerable distance, below wh are sent of many blackish fibres, larger, not so long & somewhat tapering. The stems rise annually from ye had of ye same root.

About midway of ye stem ?is one leaf, one nerve each side ye rib, between ovate & oblong, (it may be called ovato-oblong — Tho^ generally appears to me to be a true oblong

28) oblong leaf) about an inch in length — & rather broad, rather ob= =tuse. Floral or bracted leaf ovate as long as ye germen, flowers drooping with their disks turned toward or rather lower than ye horizon, but not directly to ye ground. No flower stem. — Petals ovate, 3 outer narrower & sharper pointed than ye 2 inner of a pale red approaching to flesh colour — have an orchis like smell. Lip inversly ovate, obtuse or roundish at ye apex, entire about half way from ye base — the exterior part, ye border edge is divided into a kind of irregular teeth, approaching to a ciliate form. disk center of ye disk covered with long erect fibrilla, or cylindrical bodies (for wh I want a name) blunt & even at ye apex — very thick wh towards ye base of ye lip are set with short hairs — towards ye apex naked — some these teeth are flattish. They are of a bright yellow.

Roots perennial — Capsule inversely ovate marked with 6 longitudinal ridges — It has a triangular appearance — 3 of ye

29) ye ridges being more projected.

I have taken much pains in examining this plant. The Gen Chr. appear to accord as well as those in Bot. Arr. or Sowerby — But ye drawing in Sowerby leaves no room to doubt of its being a Serapias.

In wet swampy meadows cold mossy quogmires — very common.

I have noticed only two instances of more than one flower on a stalk, among many 1000ds Two stalks of two flower each among ye spcn now before me, ye only ones I have seen one one from Lummus Meadow & on from Dr. N. Whipples pine swamp —

30) June 29 Smilax rotundifolia Prickly Smilax.

The bloss. had fallen, (it probably blooms in may:) so that I could not examine them. But ye berries perfectly accord — & are in every respect similar to ye common unarmed Smilax about fences.

The leaves accord very well &

The Stem climing, flexable, ascending tall trees & spreading among bushes — Supported not by winding, for it does not twine at all, but by long undivided tendrels of the size of a pack thread. Two tendrel are sent of from ye petiole of each leaf, about mid-way from ye stem, opposite to each other. When they meet with anything to twine about, they surround it, in a spiral form, very close in ye winding — & grow to a considerable size, requiring much strength to break ym. But if they find nothing within their reach

31) reach, yn soon wither & perish. The stem is obscurely angular, but appear, witht particular attento to be round.

Leaves alternate from opposite sides — the disk parallel to ye stems when ye stem varies from horizen parpendicular direction — Approach to a round form, being rather broad than long — but are ovate, lan? cordate, with a pointed apex, (or an acute apex). [Strongly marked with three nevers & two more exterior nevers faint & some wt irregular. So that it is quinquenervis — — Have seen no leaf with 7 — but several with size — it may] be properly — margine nearly intire — some leaves appear very slightly crenated. Seven nevers — three interior strongly marked — the two exterior on each side very faint, especially ye outer, wh in some leaves is so near ye border as to be scarcely perceptable. Smooth glossy — unarmed — deep green. Spines