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6-18-29 young twigs w/ lvs. below, Rachiis v
scales long white hairy. Stamens 2. Noodor
of balsam noticed the vague whitish dots
on upper surface of lvs. Observed (20x)
6-18-29 Fraxinus nigra Marsh G 651, BvBI 737.
Of buds. Lvs just unfolding from bud. Sp. Blk
R.R. northw. Petioles broad at this stage. If. buds
scales very dark. Lfts 9. Infl. Crowded panicle.
No calyx. The 2 purple anthers sessile on pedicel
which bears at its apex (bet. the anthers) what
seems to be rudimentary ovary with 2-3p
style [8-1-29 No lf or fr. Harry's Blk at "Biggerlow's Farm"
Lfts pubescent beneath esp. on veins, basile.
Young twigs light green w/ black sp.ts at leaf axils]
6-18-29 Abies balsamea Mill G 65, BvBI 63 No lf or fr.
Sp. Blk R.R. northw. Lvs minutely 2-toothed at apex
[Also 6-20-29 Sp Blk trail. Scales of lf-buds tinged ery-
pink & faintly striate]
6-18-29 Taxus canadensis Marsh G 62, BvBI 67. Sp. Blk
R.R. northw. No lf or fr.
6-18-29
Fern. Sporangia showing as from undersd. Stipe
dark at base v. chaffy. Rachis v. mid-sib of pennaes