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this R.B.I can think she gets a faint odor of Slippery
Elm from inner bark (?) twigs S.T and H.F.S cannot.
[In light] 6-15v7-15 these are prob all V. americana L G 345;
BV B I 666; Horngt 189; Keeles 2 33. See G v B v B as to larger
size & lvs J.V. fulva.
6-13-38 Corylus americana Welt G 333; BV HI 607; Keeles
449 No flgs. North edge of drive lower end. Collected
because glandular hairy new growth v petioles
suggested Hazel-nut. v Keeles strengths suspic-
ion. Only stipules left as on bs just emerging from
bud. These are shaped much as in C. rox bala
and almost or quite entire (Keeles says 'Soothed?')
[7-25-38' of buds. Cf'd with 7-15-38. No question I differ. Common,
at Tilwood along drive. Stipules sometimes have 1 or 2
distinct teeth.
6-14-38 ? Galium pilosum Ait G 748; BV B III 260 Red.
East gloucester. Identified chiefly (from among Go into 4 broad
lvs v wringle fr.) by dots like elongated, flat blisters)
on lvs. In midst, lea or near edges, v on midvein.
lateral nerves obscure but sometimes can be
traced almost to apex. Pedicels now absent. Corolla
greenish, glabrous. Bristles on vary short, straight,
appressed. [Prob G. Circaezans Mielx See 6-22-38]
6-14-38 Tilia americana L G 565; BV B II 512. No fl
or fr (See ill Curtis; Collins Preston.) If often not at all
or hardly oblique at base. To the eye, glabrous except
for tanhy fluffy hair in axils beneath but (20x)
shows scanty scattering of stellately arranged
whitish hairs beneath. These not enough to
affect