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oblong in outline.  They stand bold upright, whereas the sterile
frond, hardly half their height lie on the ground.  Throughout
the swamp; Skunk Cabbage was making its appearance.

In may places I noticed its now ripened fruit.  The latter
is externally of a dull brown color, hard to <s>detect</s> distinquish from
the surrounding soil.  It breaks readily and is filled with
white pulp of a rather mealy consistence.  In this pulp are imbedded 
the large very hard seeds.  The fruit hasn't the slightest
trace of the odor so prominant in the plant, it is in fact odorless.
Throughout the swamp were specimens of Botrychium
ternatum var. obliquum.  Here, too, I found a "slider" terrapin
(the water-terrapin with the yellow spots on its back) and
caught it.  I held it a short time in my hand and then let
it go.  It was now 12 o'clock, so I ate my dinner; after
dinner I went to the pond.  Nothing particularly important was
noticed here.  Many of the trees have already changed their color
and the place looked beautiful.  The swamp maples are now in 
beautiful red and the hickories in yellow.  Close to H's I planted
seeds of H. Trionum.  After collected a few leaves I returned
to the road and started homeward, arriving there about 6 P.M.

        