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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Hexandria, Monogynia

This order contains fifty six genera — Divided into such as have trifid corolla & a calix of which there are five, — 2d such as are a monophyllous spatha of which there are seven 3d such as are hexpetallous and naked of which there are twenty-one, 4th monopectalous & naked, of which there are ten — 5th such as have a calix but the corolla not trifid ——— 1st Division Bromelia, Tillandsia, Bromelia, Burmannia, Tradescantia Bursera, 2nd Division Pontederia, Haemanthus, Galanthus, Leucojum, Tulbagia [Tulbaghia], Narcissus, Pancratium 3d Div.—— Crinum, Amaryllis, Bulbocodium, Aphyllanthes, Allium, Lilium, Fritillaria, Uvularia, Gloriosa, Tulipa Erythronium, Albuca, Ornithogalum, Scilla, Hypoxis, Cyanella, Asphodelus, Anthericum, Leontice, Dracaena Asparagus, 4th Convallaria, Polyanthes, Hyacinthus, Aletris, Yucca, Aloe, Agave, Alstroemeria, Capura, & Hemerocallis ——— 5th [loss] Acorus, Orontium, Calamus, Juncus, Achras, Richardia, Prinos, Berberis, Loranthus, Frankenia, Hillia Peplis, & Canaria ———

English names 1st Div — Pine apple, Tillandsia, Burmannia, Virginian spider wort, Bursera ——— 2d Div — Pontederia, blood flowers, snow dropt, greater snow dropt, Tulbagia [Tulbaghia], Narcissus, Sea Daffodil —— 3 asphodel Lilly, Lilly Daffodil, Bulbocadium, Aphyllanthes, garlick, lily, fritillary, uvullaria, superb Lily Tulip —— Dogs' tooth violet, Albuca, star of Bethlehem, squill, hipoxis, cyanella, asphodel or King's spear, Spider wort, Lion's foot dracaena, asparagus or sperage ——— 4th — Lily of the valley, Tuberose, hyacinth bastard Aloe, adams needle, [loss] American aloe, Alstroemeria, Capura dog lily or Lily Asphodel, 5th D — Sweet rush, floating Arum, colonus, rush, sapota, Richardia, winter berry, barbary, Loranthus, Frankenia hillia water purslane, canaria ———

Hexandria, Monogynia

1st Division Tradescantia 3 Division
[specimen] Anthericum
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Frankenia [loss]
5 Division Capsicum
[specimen] of the pentandria class
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Tetradynamia Filiculosa

This class consist of such plants that are furnished with 6 stamina two shorter than four — the order does not depend on the pistil but on the pericarpium — There are two orders Siliculos & Silignosa The 1st order siliculosa has 14 genera

Myagrum ————— Gold of pleasure Vella ————— Spanish Cress Anastatica ————— Rose of Jericho — Subularia ————— Rough leaved Alysson Draba ————— Whitlow Grass Lepidium ————— Dittander or Pepper Wort — Thalpsi ————— Mithridate Mustard or Treacle Mustard Cochlearia ————— Scurvy Grass or Spoon Wort Iberis ————— Candy Tuft or Sciatica Cress — Alissum ————— Madwort — Pelatria ————— —————————————— Clypeola ————— Treacle Mustard Biscutella ————— Buckler Mustard — Lunaria ————— Moon-Wort, Satin flower, or Honesty.

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15th class No 1

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[loss] [Classis 15. Tetradynamia, no. 2] Siliquosa

This order contains seventeen genera.

Ricotia —————————————— Dentaria ————————————— Tooth-wort — Cardamine ———————————— Lady's Smock Sisymbrium ——————————— Water Cress Erysimum ————————————— Hedge Mustard Cheiranthes —————————— Stock Ivy Flower Heliophila ———— —————— Hesperis ————————————— Dames's Violet, Rocket, or Queen's Arabis ——————————————— Bastard Tower Mustard July Flow Turritis ————————————— Tower Mustard Brassica ————————————— Cabbage — Sinaphis —————— Mustard Raphanus ————————————— Radish Bunias ——————————————— —————— Isatis —————————————— Woad — Crambe ——————————————— Sea Cabbage Cleome ———————————————— Bastard Mustard

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