Box 2

Scope and Contents: Includes Japan Plants which is a list of plant names in Gray's handwriting containing descriptions of Japanese plants, arranged systematically. That is followed by what appears to be the detailed report on plants alluded to by Gray in Diagnostic characters of New Species of Phaenogamous Plants, collected in Japan by Charles Wright, Botanist of the U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition published in Mem. Amer. Acad. 6:377-452....

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Begins with an explanatory note indicating the list is predominantly comprised of plants from [Arakamtschetshene] off Kiene Island (1855 August 14-September 13). It notes that Mr. Small collected on the shore of the Ckhotsk Sea. That is followed by a list of plant names titled Arctic Asia and a detailed description of plants, arranged systematically.

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Includes an explanatory note, "The following is the fruit of a few short winter excursions in the immediate neighborhood of San Francisco and Mare Island", winter 1855-1856. It is followed by a list of plants, including some descriptive notes.

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Includes an explanatory note indicating Wright arrived at San Juan del sur in mid-February 1856 and went to Virgin Bay, which was his base for two months. Wright made excursions to the Pacific Coast and to an island in Lake Nicaragua. Also contains a 13 page list of plant names and 105 pages of collecting notes with plant names with cities and additional notes.

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Based on Wright's 1871 collections in Santo Domingo. A thorough explanation of the circumstances surrounding this manuscript and its publication in Richard Alden Howard’s "The Botanical Results of the U.S. Commission of Inquiry to Santo Domingo in 1871," J. Arnold Arbor. 42:115-143.