
          At the time when I found it - I took it
to be merely a plant new to me, and
so I gathered only a few specimens to
analyze when I reached home - But
when I when I reached home I could not
analyze it at all, and in my desperate
effort used up all my specimens.
I have obtained no clue to it yet, though
it may be right here in the manual
plain and full told, - most likely the
fault is all my own. But even if it
is I would like to be helped out.
As near as I can remember the description
would be something like this.
Floating free [added: in clusters], at the surface - nothing
raised above. Rootlets, three or four
inches long, and foliage issuing from
nutlets: these were [rough?] and though
hollow, could not be broken by the
pressure of the thumb and finger, -
and were black, ebony and shining.
Petioles of the leaves two to four inches
long. Leaves an inch and a half long
        