Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823. Manasseh Cutler papers, 1782-1856. Extracts from Dr. Stokes Letters on Specimens. gra00062. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

9 Zoster marina — No. 110 Schoenus? is Juncus effusus. Cocalia is Eupatorium scandens. Polygala appears to me to be incarnati [Polygala incarnata] & not lutea [Polygala lutea]

Letter Jan. 12. 08 — It includes ye above Polygala.

1/2 } Equisetum sylvaticum. No. Plants with spikes is believed to contain seeds, the other, No. 2, with leafy fronds. The male organs of fruitification of ye genus I am unaquainted with.

3 } Polypod. Thelyph? No. 3 appears to me to be ye barren Frons of Polypod Thelyph. [Polypodium thelypteris]

4 } Osmuda virg.? [Osmunda virginiana?] No. 4 is I apprehend O. Virg. [Osmunda virginiana?] but Vid. p. 19 there is a variety of O. Lunaria [Osmunda luneria], of which I have not indeed seen any specimens that very much resembles it. I should wish to see a spec. of ye N. Eng. plant after having shed ye seed.

10 5 } Osmundia cinnamomea? No. 5 should seem to be O. cinnamomea if any of ye Linnean species. It seems to accord with Petiv. charact. "in medico caulis "florifera" Ray says, "e folii "imo pediculo seu ima costae mediae "parte tres alarum seu tarsorum "floreorum conjugationes, intervallis "(8) secuncialibus distantes exibant. "Tarsi unciam sere longi duplici race= "mulorum e binis globulorum Lemi= "=nalium ordinibus constantium Serie "velut pennati erant. Superiorem "Scapi partem occupabant surculi seu "tarsi foliosi ex adverso bini (or binis) "profunde insecti, ut pinnati viderentur, quamuis insi incisurae ad mediam usque serculi costam non pertingebant. Ray. Hist. III. p.86

6 } Osmunda regalis? Osmunda struthiopteris? Vid. p.19. } No. 6 contain'd 2 plants of larger leaved seem young shoots of O. regalis [Osmunda regalis]. The narrow leaves resembles O. struthiop. [Osmunda struthiopteris] but as there is a great resemblance between ye barron leaves of Polypod. Thel. [Polypodium thelypteris?] & several of ye Osmunda, nothing certain can be determined without obser.

[11] observing ye plant in its most perfect state.

7 } Osmunda regalis — No. 7 is O. reg. [Osmunda regalis]. This is ye only Brit. plant that is found with us in a fossil state. It is not unfrequent in ye nodules of Ironstone in Coal= =Crooksdale Shropshire.

8 } Pteris caudata No. 8 { Upon exam. a spcn. from Jamaica suspect. at a loss what to call it — Wish for specim with +/- seeds — full grown, but different as possible

9 } Onoclea sensibilis. No. 9. I wish much for Specm of the fruit in in its different stages. In order to know Filices ac= =curately, we should examine ym when ye frutification first appears.

10 } Polypod. cristat. [Polypodium cristatum] No. 10,14,15,16 are P. crist. 14 } 15 } 16 }

11 } Polypod Marginalis [Polypodium marginale]. No. 11,12,13 P. Marg. 12 } 13 }

17 } Polypod. Filix fem. [Polypodium filix-femina]. No. 17 is P.F.

10} Polypod. Thelypteris [Polypodium thelypteris] No. 10 & 19 P. Thel. 19}

12 20 } Polypod. Thel. [Polypodium thelypteris] No. 20 seem to be a barren frond [?] of same, but may possibly belong to some of ye. Osmunda.

23 } Adianthum pedat. [Adiantum pedatum?]. No. 23 is A. P. — 24 } Polypod. auriculata [Polypodium auriculatum]. No. 24 is P. a. 25 } Polypod. vulg. [Polypodium vulgare] No. 25 & 26 are P. vulg. 26 }

27 } Asplenium -- No. 27,28,29 are an[?] Asplen. but 28 } which spec. I cannot determine ascertain. 29 } It seems to form an intermediate spec. between A. Salicifolium [Asplenium salicifolium] & A. Trichomanes [Asplenium trichomanes]. In ye more advanced stages of its growth, ye spots of fruitifi= =tion become circular, resembling a Polypodium, but I can not refer it to any of yt genus.

#10 (repeated) Polypod. bulbiferum [Polypodium bulbiferum]? No. 10 repeated. corresponds pretty well with ye spic. char. of P. bulb. but there are no bulbs to be seen under neath. The frondes are only pinnate, foliolis pinnatifidis, but the distinctions in ye 4th subdivision of ye genus are not constant, varying with ye age of ye plant.

21 } Polypod. fragran [Polypodium fragrans]? I conjecture No. 21 to be P. frag. I wish to see Polyp. cicutar [Polypodium cicutarium] as also P. virginiana [Polypodium virginianum] in which ye root is not

13 not covered with scales but smooth.

27 } Asplenium auriculatum. No. 27. 28. 29 is fig. in As 28 } H. ex. f. xiv t.2. f.12. I propose to call it 29 } A. auricl. frondibus pinnatis, pinnis lanceolata-oblongis erenatis, basi sursum auriculatis. In ye H. ex. Pluk. t. 287 A. 2. Filice parva virginica, pinnutis productioribus, subrotandis, asperis ad basin utrinque auriculatis. Pluk. alm. p. 152. 3 of ye frondes of ye fig. in H. ex wh appear fully grown, correspond with ye spec. but in ye 2 younger frondes on ye left hand side there is an appearance of auricula on ye lower sides of ye base of oliola as in Pluk. fig. wh hast also has ye air of being a barren plant.

32 } Polytrichum commune. No. 32 is P. com. & No. 3# (the 2d of ye no. for one of ye spec. of Polypod. the lyst. is marked No. 3 also) is Lyco= =podium complanatum [Lycopodium complanatum].

3#} Lycopodium complanatum. Vid. above. repeatd

30 } Hypnum parietinum. No. 30 is H. p.

39 } Fucus ceranoides ([?] Bot. Arrang. Ed. 2). (a species short rock weed about Cape Ann. below ye tide Cutler)