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9-18-27 Filipendula Ulmaria Maxim. G485,
BvB II 249. Garden ? Mrs. Alan McDoae
9-18-27 Nicotiana — ? Indoor plant ? Mrs.
McS. Stem los sessile, very decurrent, obovate
6 x 3 in. Upper ones lanceolate to oblanceolate
2 3/4 x 3/4 in. Flower white, 2 3/4 in broad, tube 3 in
long. Anterior stamen shorter than others 4,
which extend just to mouth of tube.
Anthers purplish, reticulate (38x), heart-
shaped but cleft below. Calyx 1 in long.
Tube slightly longer than narrow acuminate lobes
9-21-27 Vaccinium Vitis Idaea L. var minus
Lodd. G641 = Vitis Idaea — Button BvB#699 Fz.
(no plants) sold in shop at Corner Brook as
"Partridge Berry". Miss - (on boat) furnished
twig from St. Anthony. "Good tone in sauce
like cranberry" says also keeper.
Miss - mentions as used for food at St.
Anthony: Partridge Berry; Capellaire
(Chirogenes hispidula); Bake Apple; Squash
Berry (Viburnum paniciflorum) "excellent jelly
somewhat like currant" and Black Berry (speci-
men looked like Empetrum nigrum)