Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Stephen Elliott botanical manuscript. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

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Manuscript notes on 280 species of plants by Stephen Elliott, with observations dated from 1810 to 1814 that were included in his A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia, published from 1816 to 1824.

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7. Setacea. Walt. Radix. fibrosa annua? Cauli. herbaceus, erectus 2-3 pedalis-ramosus. obscure tetragonus glaber ramis brachiatis Folia. opposita. Sepilia, decupata. linearia. utrinque acuta. glabra, integra sub carnosa 1 1/2 pollicare longa 1-1 1/2 lin: lata. Hores. axillaras. terminalesque, oppositi. alterniquePedunculi. sub teretes, glabri, superne increpati. in anthera foliis breviores. post anther in folia aequantes vel superantes. Calyx. monophyllus. persistens, turbinatus. quimque dentatus. glaber-dentibus minimis acutis. quinque nervosus Corolla. monopetala. majuscula-campanulato-ventricosa purpurea. extus pilos pubescente intus pilosa. limbo 2 quinque fido. laciniis rodundatis obtusis sub aequalibus. duobus superioribus paulo minoribus. Stamina filementa quatuor, quorum duo longiora filifomria, incurva. per paria approximata, pilosa, tubo corolla inserta corolla dimidio breviora. Antherae incumberntes, sagitta 2*. villosa, sulcatae, penlatera dehiscentis, *auriculis acutis Pistilum. germen inperum, globosum, glabrum. Stylus filiformis stamina aequanindivisum. Stigma acutum sub glandulourum. Pericapium. Capsula globosa glabra, bivalvis, biloculeris. Semina. plurima in loculo singulo, sub angulata truncata, puncticulosa.

Hab: in haquis Pinetis florens Aug: Sept: ab erecto diffent floribus triplo majoribus, foliis majoribus et cum caule glabris a purpureo foliis at caule glabor flore pedunculato. 2d. Sept: 1812

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[25] Bignonia 1. Radicans. Lin: Mich: Walt: — Radix. ramosus, perennis. Caulis. perennis. volubilis. altissime scandens, radicans - teres. cortice rami juniores laeves, sub quadrangulati — Folia. impari pinnata. foliolis, lanceolatis, longe acuminatis dentatis, sub costatis supra laevibus subtus praesertim venis costes pubescentibus — Petioli. Communes longi, oppositi, sub quadrati-partiales vix alti Radix. ramosus, perennis. Caulis. perennis. volubilis. altissime scandens, radicans - teres. cortice rami juniores laeves, sub quadrangulati — Folia. impari pinnata. foliolis, lanceolatis, longe acuminatis dentatis, sub costatis casupra laevibus subtus praesertim venis costes pubescentibus — Petioli. Communes longi, oppositi, sub quadrati. partiales vix alti — Flores terminales? racemosi. racemis axillaribus? terminalibusque. Pedunculi breve semiunciales teres. Calyx. tubuloso campanulatus. limbo quinquefido, laciniis lanceolatis acutis Corolla. tubulosa, subtus ventricosa, lance campanulata, quinquefida. laciniis subrotundis, subaequalibus. Cor: tubus calyce sub duplo longior sanguineus Stamina. filamenta quatuor, inaequalia tubo cor: adnata, vix corollam aequantia-teretia, laevai, undimentum quinti filamenti intra tubum Antherae reflexa, basi divaricata, sulcata, biloculares, lutea. Pistillum. germen oblongu, sub alatum, superum. Stylus longitudine Sta. minum. Stegma compresso planum. Pericarpium. Semina. Habitet in Sylvis, praesertim humidis. florens Junio —

2. Catalpa. Radix ramosa. perennis. Caulis. arbor erectus. 20-30 pedalis, ramosus. ramis patentibus, tenatibus glabris Cortice. Folia. decidua. ternata massuscula. cordata, acuminata integerrima, grosse venosa supra glabriuscula. Subtus pubentissima-pube albescene. 8-14 fol longa, fere, jusdem latitudinis. Petioli. 5-8 pollicares, teretes, basi incrapate, glabri, superme paulo pubescentes Flores. in panicula pyramidali, composita, terminali. ramuli prismarii terni secundaria plerumque dichotomi flore in dichotomia flore terminali tenarii Pedunculi. longitudinis varii 1-4 policares. Sub teretes, glabri, propinii 6-10 lineas commibus similas — Bracteae? foliola 1-3 lineari lanceolata, pubescentis, venosa 3-8 linea longa, in pedunculo singulo juxta medutatum inserta. Calyx, monophyllus? bipartitus. [ante antheri obovatus, mucronatus] laciniis obovatis, concavis, mucronatis aequalibus glabris purpuras centibus. n.b. persis tentibus. nescio cur calyx quinque phyllus dictus nisi braceae remotae assumptae such calyx nihi videta2 sine ulla fissua esse et tantus fissus illegible plus minus regulati ter corolla erumpente Corolla. monopetala, ringens, alba, tubo calyce longiore oentricoso-limbo bilabiato. labio superiore bilobo lobis rotundatis crenulatis undulosii-inferiore, majos, trilobo, lobis rotundatis crenulati undulosis inferioreintermedio majore-basi purpureo et flavo picto-biseleato. Stamina. filamenta duo, filiformia sub compressa, glabra, incurva, tubo corolla vix longiora. Antherae biloba, reflexa distincta quasi duplicata, sulcata, apice acuta per latera dehiscentes, pallide flavescentes. Namina duo superiora brevissima SteriliaPistillum. germen ovatum, parvum superum. Stylus Stamina aequas paulo habutatus. Stigma ovatum, glabrum in lamina duo aequalia fissum, inflexum Pericarpium Semin Hab: juxta amnes. Car: a Gar: illegible in Maritimis tersi [tura?] in hortis. florens Ap: Ma: 11 Ma: 1812.

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Martynia 1. Proboscidea. Radix. fibrosus. annuus. Caulis. procumbens ramosus 1-2 pedalis, crapus, sub canosus, fistulosis viscidissimi pubescens teres cum planta tota foetidus Folia. alterna, (interdum opposita) rotundato-cordata, integerrima, undu lata, venosa, vircidisime pubescentia. Petioli. 2-6 pollicans, teretes, fistulosi, viscidissime pubescentes. Flores. in caumis sub simplicibus axillaribus. Pedunculi. partiales 1-3 pollicares teretes visci: pub: communes idem ae caulis. Bractea. foliolum ad basia pedunculi signuli, lanceolatum. parvuma, vis: pubis: de [cidunum?]. Calyx. duplex. exterior diphyllus foliolis parvis lanceolatis sub incurvis lateri superiori calyci inter appressis persistentibus. interior monophyllus lateri inferiori usque ad basin aetriscens, limbo quinquefido lobris lateralibus obtusis intermedio acuto probentiore? elongato, calyce exteriore multo major. persistens viscid: pubescens. Corolla. mono petala, ringens, lutea, ferrugineo et purpureo maculata, et latera inferiore flavo, striata-limbo quinquefido laciniis obtusis duobus superioribus reflexis inferiore majora patenta. gemma ante antherim 5 dentata. Stamina. filamenta 4 inaequalia, tuba corolla ad nata, subulata, maculata, rudimento quinti filamenti cylindrico-antherae oblongae, sulcatae, sub articulata conniventes purpura par latera dehiscentes. Pistillum. germen superiorum ovatum glabrum. Stylus staminibus longior superne campressa paulo dilatatus. Stigma bilobrum compressum, irritabile Pericarpum capsula lignora, sub tere, rostro attenuato lamato, bivalvi Semina. Habitat in Beaufort in locis neglectis. florens Jun-Aug an vera indigena? 24. June 1811.

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[27] Lippia 1. Nodiflora. Mich: Anon: repens 230. Walt. Radix fibrosa, perennis. Caulis-procumbens, samentosus, sub teres, decapatim salcatus, ramosus, scabriusculus, articulatus, reticulis radicans. Folia. opposita cuneato-obovata, obtusa, versus summitatem serrata, glabra sub venosa, basi quasi in petiolum bilinearem attenuata compressum, semi amplexi caulem foli sesqui pollicaria longa, 5-7 lineas lata. Flores in capitulis sub cylindricis confetifloris axillaribus floribus arcte imbricatis Pedunculi. communes solitarii axillarea praelongi 4-6 pollicares sub compressi glabri superne paulo scabri — Bractea. folium lato ovatum, brevi acuminatum, marginebus scariosum, ad bas in flors singulio appressum-apice purpureum-accuminato. bract: juniores spathulato obolltae Calyx. diphyllus persistens, bractea multo minor, foliolis ovato lanceolatis concavis appressis cymbriformibus dorso pilosis, albis. Corolla. monopetala alba tubo sub compresso neurvo bracteam aequante, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore minore marginato, reflexo, inferiore trifido lacinia intermedia longiore. Stamina filamenta quatuor, filiformia brevissima tubo corollae adnata. anthera sub rotundae, sulcatae flava, incumbentes inclusa per latera dehiscentes. Pistillum. germen ovatum superum. Stylus brevissimus Stamina aequas Stigma capitatum flacescena. Pericarpium. Fructus ovatum, glaber biparti bilis, bractea calyce que persisten te vestitus. Semina. unum in parte ringula fructus ovale Hab: in solis sub humid is ubicuaque — floren. per astatem totam. 25. Aug. 1811

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Mimulus 1. Alatus. Radix. Caulis. herbaceus erectus pedalis-quadratus ulatus, glaber, alia angustis. Folia. opposita, lanceolata, sub caule, serrata, glabra, venosa, 2-2 1/2 pollican, longa 7-10 lineas lata, decapata-basi in petiolum compressum, canaliculatus, semi pollicarem semi semi amplexicallem attenuata. *interdum ovato, lanceolata. Flores. Axillans, oppositi, solitarii. Pedunculi. sub semi pollicares. quadrati. sub alati, glabri, superne paulo incrassati. Calyx. Monophyllus. oblongus, persistens, quinque angulatus, angulis paulo alatis glaber sub truncatus. summitata limbo. quinque dentato, dentibus tubulatior acumina, tis, setaceo mucronatis. Corolla. monopetala, ringens, tubo calyce longior, labio superiore sub rotundato emarginato, lateribus reflexis semlo inferiore longiore majore trilobo, lobis sub rotundis, coeruleo basi flavescente, piloso. Stamina. filamenta quatuor tubo corolla adnata, filiformia, in tubo corolla inelata, quorum duo longiora, antherae incumbentes, oblongae basi bifidae flavescentes per latera dehistcentes. Pistillum. germen oblongo ovatum, sulcatum, acutum. Stylus filiformis. Stamina aequans apice paulo una dilatatus explanatus? Stigma obtusum simplex Pericarpium. ob Capsula oblonga sub sulcata, glabra bilocularis bivalvis. Semina. plusima, parva, ovalia, glabra, receptaculo centrali adnata. Habitat in humidis florens Aug. Sept. inter Becker et Coosawhatchie. nec in insulis. 30. Aug: 1811.

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