[8-5-34 F2 from (X on & slightly west of V-M. proves this is not B. pubescens. See ill but 194. This from not pure D. pendula.] 4-26-31 Betula pubescens Fluck Cote II 375, Bon 289 but 4/19. Fl b/v 7, very young ls. & remaind old fr. Skin Spec. col from 2 trees (a) bark white, (b) bark reddish. Both Trees slender (perhaps young) but not diff evident other-wise. Twigs brown v short pubescent. 4-26-31 Bit of infl found lying in road near Val-Mont. Dust & long, araceme. Pedicels almost 2mm long, seated in shelf-like depressions on rachis but not bracteate. Very ovoid cup-like about 4x3 mm, with rather close fitting truncate pervienth 1mm high. Ovary with 3 grooves down opp. sides and a sessile stigma of 2thin spreading lobes (or as this is detachable from vary perhaps not quite sessile.) Ovary 1-celled with about 10 ovules near base or what seems to be 2 parietal placentae alt, with grooves on outside. Embryos erect in stipes (ill defined at base) as large as ovules. No sign of members. 4-28-51 Similar but found near Aunay. Dust 3 in long x shows deciduous bracte/concae with long sharp fringe at broad top, base truncate, fl next about 4mm long no mc fringe.) Ovary usually 4-grooved with 4 alt. placetates. Ovules about 50. 4-26-31 Cerasus avium Moench Cote II 7, Bon 95 = Prunus avium L, but 1/85, A 499, BM G.C.P 376 Fl v long almost full grown flors. In woods outside & cult ground, & pub wild. Calyx tube def. constricted at top, petioles sealing with 1or 2 red glands at top, inner troths of both