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

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Typed list of plant names from Stephen Elliott botanical manuscript, 1810-1814, and the dates, page numbers, and sometimes his descriptions, probably created by Arnold Arboretum Librarian Lazella Schwarten in circa 1947.

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1 Lamium amplexicaule 19 Ap 1813 2:73 fls. F-Ap 2 Hyptis capitata 30 Jl 1811 2:78 "I doubt much whether this West Indian species nothwithstanding the references to Mich. and Pursh, belongs to our flora. Mich. describes but one species and the preceding is diffused everywhere over our country. Michaux besides ws so cautious in proposing new species, that he hesitated to separate our plant from the original species of Jacquin, and Pursh's information respecting our southern plants ws not always accurate." 3 insert 4 Clinopodium incanum 16 Au 1811 published as Pycnanthemum incanum 2: 79 fls. Au-S 5 Scutellaria hyssopifolia 12 my 1812 published as integrifolia [Scutellaria hyssopifolia] 2: 88 fls. My-Au 6 Scuttelaria pilosa 16 My 1812 2:91 fls. My-July 7 Teucrium Canadense 20 Au 1810 2:69 fls. Jl-S 8 Thymus Carolinianus 20 Jl 1810 2:93 fls. Je-Au along rivers in middle and upper country abundant near Columbia, S.C. pub. as Calamintha grandiflora 9 insert 10 Antirrhinum Canadense 9 Ap 1811 2: 113 fls. Mr-Ap 11 Pedicularis Canadensis 15 Mr 1811 2: 123 fls. Mr-Ap 12 Monniera cuneifolia 12 S 1810 2: 103. fls. My-O pub. as Herpestis cunefolia 13 Monniera amplexicaulis 2 S 1812 2: 104 fl.s Jl-S pub. as Herpestis amplexicaulis 14 Verbena aubletia 15 Ap 1811 2:96 Fls. Ap-S grows in dry pine barrens of middle country of Carolina and Ga. 15 Verbena Caroliniana 8 Je 1811 2:99 fl.s My-Jl 16 [Verbena] urticifolia 7 S 1812 2:98 fls. Jl-O 17 [Verbena] hastata 26 Au 1812 2: 97 fls. Jl-Au grows in middle of country of Carolina and Georgia 18 Buchnera Americana 25 Au 1811 2: 112 fl.s My-S 19 Scrophularia Marylandica [Scrophularia marilandica] 27 S 1812 2: 106 fls. Au-O Paris Island 20 Ruellia oblongifolia 18 My 1811 2: 110 fls. My to close of summer 21 Gerardia pedicularia 1 Au 1810 2: 121 fls. Jl-S 22 [Gerardia] fasciculata 21 Au 1810 2: 115 fls. Au-O on Edling's Island neaer Beaufort 23 [Gerardia] heterophylla 25 Au 1810 2: 120 fls. My-S as quercifolia [Gerardia quercifolia]

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3 Mentha tenuis no date 2:72 fls Ap-S 3 miles from Beaufort 9 Thymus Thymbra Caroliniana 28 S 1812 2:86 fls. Au-S pub. as Macbridea pulcha grows in. narrow swapns, through pine barrnes in middle districts of Carolina. Very abundan. between Saltcatcher bridge on Murphy's bridge on Edisto River. I named this genus in commermoration of the late Dr. James Macbride, whose untimely death, medicine and natural history, and admiring country equally deplor

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2 24 Gerardia afzelia 27 S 1810 2: 122 fls. Au-S pub. as Seymaria tenuifolia 25 [Gerardia] tenuifalia 27 S 1810 2:117 fls. Au-O 2 miles from Beaufort on the Battery Rd, to me very rare 26 [Gerardia] erecta? assetacea 28 S 1810 2:115 fls. Au-O (Savannah) 27 [Gerardia] setacea 2 S 1812 2:115 fls. Au-O 28 Bignonia radicans 25 Jl 1810 2:107 fls. Je-S 29 [Bignonia] catalpa 11 My 1812 30 Martynia proboscidea 24 Je 1811 2:130 fls. Je-Au Beaufort 31 Lippia nodiflora 28 Au 1811 2:101 fls. throughout summer pub. as Zapania nodiflora 32 Mimulus alatus 30 Au 1811 2:124 fls. Au-S pine barrens of Carolina 33 Chelone obliqua Columbia S.C. Cooper River 30 S 1814 2:127 fls. Au Grows in mountains of Carolina and Georgia 34 Penstemon pubescens fls. Ap. May middle [?] of Ga. 129 over 35 Penstemon laevigatum [Penstemon laevigatus] 5 S 1812 2:128 fls. Je-S Stony Creek) 36 Cakile maritima 20 Ap 1813 2:137 fls. Ap-July pub. as Americana [Cakile americana] 37 Lepidium Virginicanum 14 My 1811 2:140 fls. Ap-My 38 Coronopus didyma 13 Je 1813 2:139 fls. F-July 39 Sisymbrium bipinnatum Savnnah 6 Ap 1811 with ? Sophia [Sisymbrium sophia] pub. as canescens [Sisymbrium canescens] 2:147 fls. Mr-Ap 40 [Sisymbrium] -Tanacetifolium [Sisymbrium tanacetifolium] Walt. pub. as Walteri [Sisymbrium walteri] 10 My 1811 2:146 fls. F-My common arround Charleston & Beaufort 41 [Sisymbrium] amphibium 25 Ap 1812 2:146 fls. Mr-Ap sometimes in autumn riverswamps of Ogeechee 42 Cardamine Pennsylvania 13 Mr 1811 2:144 fls. F-Ap 43 [Cardamine] spathulata 7 Ap 1814 2:143 middle districts of Carolina 44 Sisyrinchium Bermudiana 13 Mr 1812 2:152 fls. Mr-My 45 Passiflora incarnata 17 Je 1811 2:153 fls. My-Jl

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pubescens grows in dry sands in upper country of Go and Carol fls May-S

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3 46 Geranium maculatum no date 2:157 fls. Ap-My rich oak lands of upper country 47 [Geranium] Caroliniana 14 Ap 1812 2:157 fls. Mr-My 48 Malva Caroliniana 13 My 1811 2:163 fls. Ap-Je 49 Stewartia — 30 S 1813 2:172 as Stuartia 50 Hibiscus moscheutos 16 Je 1811 2:165 fls. Je-S 51 [Hibiscus] scaber 5 Jl 1810 2:169 fls. Je-S 52 3. ____ 6 Jl 1810 fls. July-S Georgia Georgia is this Carolinanus [Hibiscus carolinianus ?]? 2:168 ? 53 [Hibiscus] militaris 11 Jl 1810 2:168 fls. Jl-S along margin of rivers in middle & upper country found though rarely in swamps near Savannah 54 [Hibiscus] grandiflorus Georgia? 27 Jl 1810 2:166 fl.s Jl-S grows around ponds in southern parts of Georgia 55 [Hibiscus] Virginicus Edings Island 22 Au 1810 2:167 fls. Jl-S common on islands near Ocean 56 [Hibiscus] speciosus 4 Au 1810 2:170 fls. Jl-S Florida and perhaps in southern parts of Georgia. It is enumerated by Walter among plants of Carolina but I have never seen it in the woods although common inhabitant of our gardens 57 Sida gracilis 6 S 1811 2:159 fls. Au-S Sea Islands common about Beaufort 58 [Sida] rhombifolia 4 O 1811 2:160 fls. Jl-O 59 [Sida] spinosa 28 Mr 1812 2:161 fls. My-Jl 60 Gordonia lasianthus 27 Je 1813 2:171 fls. My-Au 61 [Gordonia] pubescens Fort Barrington, Altamaha 22 Je 1814 2:171 fls throughout summer The habitat of this tree appears to be very limited, a few trees were found by Bartram nr. Fort. Barrington on the Altamaha, and from the same spot all the plants now in gardens have been derived.

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