8-19-39 Achene very dark brown, shining, almost smooth. 8-19-39 ? Vaccinium No fl or fr. Rk to smooth( ) Butter Bl beyond James Gale's place. Shrub (prob about 2 ft.) with general look of V. Twig green waxy or pinkish tinged puberulent in lines from bases of petioles. Inv alt thick stiff upright, 1+ x ½ in, ovate oval rounded at apex with pronounced blunt v broad red mucron, rounded at base; irreg serrate with low teeth rounded on back with sharp gland tipped point. Dark green shining conspicuously reticulate veined above, smooth except minute puberulence on mid-rib. Somewhat lighter, shining entirely smooth beneath. Petioles not more than ½ mm. 8-19-39 Chara _______ See Coulter "Plant Structures" p46. No fl or fr found Aquatic totally underwater in little pond at mouth of Butter Bls. Pond prob fresh being near where we took water for luncheon. St. 4 to ½ in long, very slender, somewhat branched. From nodes about 3/8 in apart, arise whorls of 6-8 similar filiform branches (to ¼ in long) which seem in turn ready to bear whorls at nodes (none of these secondary nodes where developed beyond microscopic (20x thin projections). Effect