Box 4

Scope and Contents: The collection is arranged in two series: manuscripts and drawings.The manuscripts come from several authors and include lists of plants collected on the expedition; some lists appear to have been prepared during the expedition, some appear to have been prepared later. A letter from Brackenridge is accompanied by a brief catalog of phanerogams collected in Hawaii. A letter from Francis Boott is accompanied by notes on Carex and Uncinia. Asa Gray’s notes and his 1650 page...

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Lists of species grouped by order, starting with Ranunculaceae and continuing through Cyperaceae, with brief notes on where specimens were collected and where other specimens are located. Note by Harold St. John describes this as a checklist of the published volume, Phanerogamia I; species listed, however, do not exactly correspond to the published version and go beyond those of Volume I.

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All signed drawings are by Agate.

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All signed drawings are by Agate.

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20 drawings are signed by Agate and 6 are signed by Drayton. Note: An Agate drawing of an orchid type is located in Orchid Herbarium.

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Published in “United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. vol. XVII.”