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Aug. 12th morning 9° Nelumbium esculentum

A str little stream of water at 90° makes a temporary cloud. — clean whole 1/2 leaf & fixed leaf so that water rest in middle alone on part of cleaned & uncleaned side.

Also cleaned 1/2 of 2 other leaves with cracked petioles & left dry marked with black wool. the side with Blue.

14th Augt (examined surface of leaf, covered with closely packed conical very minute points, which are projection of epidermic cells, but cd see no difference between surface washed with ether & not so. It is surprising how quickly Ether acts, I had bit of leaf with water under covering glass & put a few drops of ether to one corner & instantly silver margin disappeared & water adhered to the points. These must be some (a) on Back waxy varnish.

Alcohol & Oil of Cloves removes; but acetic acid no effect)

Aug. 15' 9° the half leaves black wool; I think a little yellowish on margin

Aug. 26 The leaf with water has several brown sparkles & a space where water lay yellowish: no difference in the halves of black-wool. —

Aug 30' do about black wool.

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((a) Aug 16.— I have been looking again & with 2d object-glass the tapering conical projections look slightly rough & more opake, (though I can see no distinct projections on them) & when washed with ether the conical projections have sharp outline & look more transparent. — With highest object glass, I can indistinctly see granules on the conical projections.)