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whether there was not one in his hands. He 

 lives about 6. m from the Hollow, northwest ; I 

 set out for it,--near Onondaga Court house. I ob- 

 served plenty of Cynoglossum officinale, calld here 

 Tory weed & Myosotis lappula, which is every 

 where common along the streets. Verbascum 

 Thapsus common on the waste grounds, & V. 

 Blattaria flore albo is here and there to be seen 

 about Onondaga. Epilobium parviflorum with 

 red & white flowers, among the Sonchus Cana- 

 densis, which covers all clear spots in the woods: 

 this Sonchus is the same as they call to the south 

 Richweed, Milkweed & Butterweed. Cornus 

 scabrosa? & fastigiata? Silphium laciniatum— not 

 yet in flower. — Verbena urticifolia— V. hastata 

 — Triosteum perfoliatum, — Asclepias multium- 

 bellata P. the same as I calld so last year from 

 the Peaked mountain — A. umbellis pluribus nu- 

 tantis laxifloribus, longe pedunculatis ; calyx 

 laciniis acutissimis ; petalis reflexis calyce duplo 

 longior, ovato oblongis, virescentes extus purpu- 

 rascens : columna nectarifera basi purpurea, nec- 

 taria ovoidea alba, crassa, corniculis longis, 

 convergentibus. — Asclepias syriaca is common 

 about here. — I likewise observed a plant which 

 only seems to be common to limestone land & 

 which I had observed last year throughout the 

 great valley of Virginia frequent, but never had 

 a chance then to see its flowers and seeds : it is 

 the one which I have calld in Dr B collection, 

 but suppose wrongly, Lithospermum latifol. of 

 Michaux : this plant is as I then supposed a 

 Cynoglossum & I calld it in my journal last year 



