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days time lost, for fear of loosing a chance of see- 

 ing something interesting. 



23.— Not finding myself sufficiently tit for set- 

 ting out on the journey, I deferred it for to mor- 

 row main time I took a walk to a very rich swamp, 

 belonging to one Mr. Browne I observed a species 

 of Ranunculus seemingly new to me — Veratrum 

 viride in full bloom-Asclepias quadrifolia— Pani- 

 cum latifol. Lobelia claytoniana — Viburnum & 

 Cornus, vide collection — Calla palustris the white 

 spatha of this plant has a beautifull appearance 

 in the water. On my return I made preparations 

 for getting on my yourney to morrow. A small 

 collection of dryed plants I packed up & left 

 them to the care of Mr. Hart ; I observed on the 

 Riverbank a plant without flowers of a strong 

 turpentine like smell ; I took it to be Chenopodium 

 Eotrys. Mr. Hart furnished me with a letter to 

 a gentleman in the Beach woods, Bloomfield 

 Millbourne, who he said was a man of some in- 

 formation & very much acquainted in that coun- 

 try. 



24.— Early this morning I paid my reckoning 

 & went on my route up the Susquehannah, I 

 had to keep the banks of the river for above 10. 

 miles, to a creek calld Buttermilk Falls. Along 

 the steep banks I observed Viola lanceolata, on 

 the shore— Geum floribus albis on the rocks this 

 species has large flowers & is new to me— Cam- 

 panula foliis linearibus— this may be the rotun- 

 difolia, I could not find the radical leaves ali ve 

 it is beautifull— Thalictrum (pfl :)— Spiraea trii'o- 

 iata & opulifolia— Polymnia canadensis (:afl:) — 

 Lilium flore crecto paten to, foliis verticillatis 



