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.

14 Dr. Stokes Letter Dec. 27.90 — Vide

No. 31. Anthrose. odo. [Androsace odoratissima] "What do you mean by old fields" — 32 — Dr. "What do you mean by warm places?" 21 — Alopecur. pratensis [Alopecurus pratensis] "Do you mean grown wild?" 20 } — Agrostis capillaris — "bad grass." 25 or 5 } 30 — Poa compressa — Wire Grass — 4 — Appears new — considers it a or realy a poa [masc.?] structure & not ye number of parts ye criterion of generic differnces — According to ye number of it is an Agrost. but I am clear it is a Poa. In non luxuriant land, ye are probably there 2 or more flosculi — I propose to call it Poa mecrantha — calcibus uniflorus. 11. Bromus secalin [Bromus secalinus] — I shall be glad to know if it does not grow in cornfields if it does, I shall be glad of specimens from such situat. or — if variety of ours wh most nearly accords (Bot. arr.) grow in corn fields. 16. Avena spicata. 28. Arundo parviflora. Can you send me a better specimne, when ye seeds are ripe "It is cut for hay, or reckoned a good grass for pasture? If so it might be called called A. [pascuorum?]."

15 No. 7 — Hordeum pratensi. [Hordeum pratensis] Huds. 10 — Triticum repens — 23 — Panicum capsillaria. [Panicum capillare] 27 — Nolens lanatus. 19 — "Appears to me to be a new spec. of: Cyperus. Shall we call it fenestratus? Please to hold it up between ye eye & light, & you will perceive a number of semitransparent spaces, wh my imaginato compares to ye panes of Win= dows." 15 — Scirpus capitat. [Scirpus capitatus] 25 — S. sylvat — [Scirpus sylvaticus] 41. Triglochia marit [Triglochin maritima 29 — Junc. articulat. [Juncus arcticus?] "at least it is ye plant we have been accumstomed to consider as such, tho. ye pet. are by no means obtuse." 6. Junc. articulat. [Juncus arcticus?] The flowers are not yet expended. 13 June. camp. [Juncus campestris] V Vid. p. 6. Lilium Canad. [Lilium canadense] of ye last collecto of Spm. Park. planc 33. descrip. good. t.32. f z very good. "I propose to add to ye specific characters floribus verticulatis vel aggregatis." I shall

16 Shall be glad to know if you approve of addi= =tion. Any remarks on this or wt you call L. martigon [Lilium martagon]. Mem. Acad. 433. will be very acceptable, as also specm of ye lower part of ye stem of each, show how ye leaves grow on ye stem. Vid. p. 6

Uvularia sessilifolia. Mem. Acad. Rhexia virgin. [Rhexia virginica] — Mem. Acad. Chelone Glabra. are ye lower leaves aternate? Vaccin. oxeycon. [Vaccinium oxycoccos] Mem Acad — 43d is Vaccin. macrocarp. [Vaccinium macrocarpon] Hort. Kewensis II. 13. t.7. Bignonia supposed N. Sp. I wish for Specimen of ye lower leaves. Pyrola — rotundifol. [Pyrola rotundifolia] — Mem. Acad. 444 —

Andromida calyculata [Andromeda calyculata] Mem. Acad. 443 — I have specm wh came from Mr. Bartram Either sent to Mrs. Stokes father, ye late Dr. Rogers, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Is Mr. Bartram living? I have no doubt of its being ye A. calyculata [Andromeda calyculata].

Kalmia angusta [Kalmia angustifolia]. Mem Acad. This & ye K. latif. [Kalmia latifolia] we regard as ye most beautiful of ye N. Amer. plants wh. adorns ye gardens of ye curiouos.

17 No. 9 — Carex leperina [Carex leporina]. 14. C. pilulif. [Carex pilulifera] in fruit — 24. Ci. — acuta [Carex acuta] & C. casputosa [Carex cespitosa] of Bot. Arr. ed. ii. 1051. 2. C. — tomentosa [Carex tomentosa]. I should be very glad for a specm in wh ye seeds are ripe. 33. C. crissat. [Carex cristata?] As I wd propose to call it, for it appears to me to be a different spec.: from It is nearly allied in habit to C. PseudoCyperus [Carex pseudocyperus], but it is essentially different. I should of specm in Blossom, & also in ye late stage in ripeness. 17. C. — acuta [Carex acuta] & C. caespitosa [Carex cespitosa] of Bot. Arr. at least I make it to be ye same plant with No. 24. but as ye capsules in No. 7 ye are not fully grown, I will not pretend to be certain. 22. C. — pilulif. [Carex pilulifera] in flower. 12.- C. — elongata [Carex elongata]. I shd be glad of a spm of ye in fruit — 34. 35. Aralia nudicaulis. Does ye Does ye scarpius always arise from ye same knot or stem as Linn. call it, as ye leaves? Linn. in his descrip. describes two leaves rising from ye same stem. Yours only one wh I observe accords with ye specm of ye roots. I have a

18 a garden specn of A. chinensis [Aralia chinensis]. A native one wd be very accetable. I have none at all of A. ras= mosa [Aralia racemosa]. There is no difference, I presume, between ye flowers of ye 2 varieties A. rudicaulis [Aralia nudicaulis]. The principal difference between ym, you say is yt in No. 35 the variety there are several leaves rising from ye same stem, as Linn. calls it, or head, as you regard it. Comparing this circumstance with wt. I have remarked above, I am inclined to suspect, yt in some plants, one leaf only arises from ye root, from others 2. & from others again more. And yt wh there are more yn 2 ye leaves are smaller & ye foliola also similar smaller & more delicate as in Var. No. 35. A careful examinat. of ye flowers will perhaps enable you to confirm or refute this conjecture. Or suppose you were to introduce ye variety into a rich well manured garden. I should be glad of specm. shewing how ye scapus rises toge= =ther with ye leaves from ye short woody stem or head of ye root. If that be stem, it shd be consi= =dered as a Frutese. The Sasparilla of ye I hope is Smilax Sasparilla [Smilax ornata] a native of Virg. & Mexico.