
          Rhynchospora? Stem [?], geniculate, ^ [added: many] radiating from a
 common [root?] _ rooting at each joint  _ stem flattened verti=
 cally. Its fascicled, fascilles sessile & pedunculate, (panicled?)_
 A gratiola? which I found many years since but retained only
 one specimen (I gave the rest to Dr Ingals, I believe, who
 may have sent it to you; ][results?] generally the G. Acu=
 =minata of Ellt. 


 [Here a drawing on the left of the page labeled "Gratiola?"; of a plant with decussate toothed leaves, with stiples and one flower; labeled as follows beneath the drawing]
 leaf 1 1/2 inches
 stem 1 to 1 1/2 ft.   Gratiola?


 [to right of and below  the drawing:
 Root perennial _ Stems, many from the same
 root forming bunches, terete at base
 somewhat 4=sided at & near the top, &
 with the whole-plant very glabrous.
 Lvs. opposite, lanceolate, wedge-form or taper=
 =ing & entire at base _ acute, serrate above
 the middle _ (not acuminate or very slightly
 so).  peduncles about as large as the lvs,
 very slender _ Calyx unequal (in breadth), as long as the corolla_ corolla
 4-parted? - Stamens 4, fertile -    Grows in damp places _ Feliciana,
 especially at Buhler's Plains (Small Prairis) - Turns very black,
 in drying -    Another plant which I have had for 6 or 8
 years belongs to the Nat. Order Acanthacea, alied to Jus-
 =tica, (but not a Justica [added: #] ?] (Dr Ingals may have [page torn; words missing]
 this also as we have collected it together:) I did not have
 specimens on either occasion of sending you plants)_
 It grows in water _ lvs. opposite very long & narrow ^ [added: acute at each end] the flowers
 white, axillary in fascicles? numerous in each axil _


 [Here a drawing on the left side of the page, labeled "Justica?", of a plant with decussate entire leaves]
 Justica?


 [To right of and below the drawing:
 This plant does not agree with any genus
 that I am familiar with.* I have
 hesitated to name it _ but Dr
 Riddle has called it Eberlia _ Is
 it a new Genus? _
 It blooms in May & remains in bloom one or
 two months _ growing 2-3 ft high _Very [added: in water] common
 I will send you specimens of these in my next
 package in case you may not recognize in my 
 tough sketches, some common weeds _


 * corolla 4-parted, (some what 2-lipped) _ divisions nearly equal; filaments 2. stigma 1. capsule
 elongated _ 2-valves _ 2-celled _ Many seeded _ opening elastically from the summit _
 [?] contrary -]


 [crosswise in the left margin:
 # It differs from Justica more in general characters than in the
 [?] or floral characters which seems to agree except as to
 the equality of the corollas]

        