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No. 7 This Phlox is what I have always thought
to be aristata. P. Pilosa flowers in Mch [March] & April
Mr. Nuttall is wrong in supposing P. Aristata a
variety of P. Pilosa. The latter branches from
the root & not the stem, By the by when at
Athens Gea [Georgia] many years SinceDr. Ward
Prof. of Botany there pointed out to ^[added: me] a phlox
which he called Pilosa. I determined it
at once to be a different species. It was
not then described & I called Mr. Beyrich's*
[crosswise in the left margin: * the [Professional?] Botanist]
attention to it who was then in Athens & satisfied
him that it was not the plant known
at the time Pilosa. I begged Dr. Ward to
send specimens to the North.

N. 8 Ripe seed vessels of Asclepias amplexicaulis.

"9. Seed vessels of A. Obtusifolia. It not
infrequently has 3 verticillate leaves at
the joints as you see.

No. 10. Rudbeckia Purpurea & Tofielda [Tofieldia]
Pubeus [pubescens?].
I found the former in an arid sitution
& knew it would dry prettily. It may
be acceptible to a foreign correspondent.
Mr. Nuttall I think removed this from
the Genus R.

N 11. Phlox from the rich bottoms of the Chattahoochee
River, rather assurgent, the leaves
a deep Shining green. It may be Nitida?
[at right of the page: June to August.]
        