April 1882. Page 4 (seq. 7)

Apr. 12th — Southboro.
I took down to Dr. Gray
this morning a box of young
seedlings of the Symplo-
carpus. I did not succeed,
while gathering them yester-
day, in finding any of this
year's sprouts. They were all
one, two or three years old
yet the seed was firmly
attached to the root-stock.
Dr. Gray told me that the
seed could remain on for
that length of time.
None of the seeds had
more than one plumule,
though they sometimes have
two or three. I examined
a cross section of a seed
and found it thus —

[drawing] It is exalbuminous
and the main part consists
of a fleshy, corn like coty-
ledon and radicle, with
the plumule opposite the
hilum — The structure
is curious and worth
careful study —
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Apr. 13th — Southboro-
This morning I went down
opposite the cemetary on the Cordaville Road and
dug up with a trowel 5
plants of the Symplocarpus.
Three of them I have ex-
pressed to Dr. Gray with
some sections of root stock.
I cut up one specimen
and saw the flower growing
in the axil of one of the
sheathes or modified leaves
Vide June 6th —

Apr. 12th ——— Southboro.
I took down to Dr. Gray
this morning a box of young
seedlings of he Symplo-
carpus. I did not succeed,
while gathering them yester-
day, in finding any of this
year's sprouts. They were all
one, two or three years old
yet the seed was firmly
attached to the root-stock
Dr. Gray told me that the
seed could remain on for
tht length of time.
None of the seeds had
more than one plumule,
though they sometimes have
two or three. I examined
a cross section of a seed
and found it thus —

[drawing] It is exalbuminous
and the main part consists
of a fleshy, corn like coty-
ledon and radicle, with
the plumule opposite the
hilum — The structure
is curious and worth
careful study —
— — — — —
Apr. 13th — — — Southboro-
This morning I went down
opposite the cemetary on the Cordaville Road and
dug up with a trowel 5
plants of the Symplocarpus.
Three of thiem I have ex-
pressed to Dr. Gray with
some sections of root stock.
I cut up one specimen
and saw the flower growing
in the axil of one of the
sheathes or modified leaves
[viz?] June 6th