Field notebook : Arizona and California, 1938-1939
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"Long Staple Cotton" Cult. F2. collected & studied but without books or microscope. Possibly Creoste Bush: Covillea hidentata Vail. Ham 31 [Laure] — Cov. var glutinosa Jepso. T604 = L. diarsicata Cov. M 2785. Sticky. Ivo opp, divided almost to base, about ¼ in long. Fs. small, almost sessile v cone- like with "scales" curved backwards (might be remain- g opened pods) studied with handglass only. [This desc. v memory of plant makes this ident. very probably right, esp. when compared with Ill. T604] [See 4-8-39 which makes this ident almost certain Various composites in fluffs. 12-22-38 Apache Trail to Roosevelt Dam, R.B.K. sees: Palo Verde = Parkinsonia microphylla Torr Ham 26; [J.513 = Cercidium microphyllum Rose & Johnston M 245] Fr. [Only one of the 2 species seen by M. given in Ham. v R.B.K thinks she remembers more than "1-3 pairs" of fluffs.]? C. floridum Benth. M 245] "Teddy Bear Cholla": Opuntia Bigelovii Engelm. Ham 35; Nelm 14 [J655; M 324] No label.