Field notebook : Arizona and California, 1938-1939
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4-16-39 Calealis microcarpa H.v.A.T704; M35/Fl very young fr. L.T.C.C.H. St to 10cm. Andese vill except rays?) the irregular umbel only 1-3 mm. (Carpels ellilike in respect to bistleov prickles, as can not be Torilis) Fr. flattened {slightly} laterally. 5 ribs densely white-bristle 4 rib with prickles with stellate barbs at apex. 4-16-39" Speeularia salina Ju.C.Presl T360; M164 (A) Fl. L.T.C.C.H. on Wooden place edge road where intro- duced weed might be found. Flo red, Bractlet at well brachied. Plant pubescence to prob somewhat glandular. (B) Fl. L.T.C.C.H. ? S. Clevelandii Robins T360; M163. Fl white. this differs from (A) in that lvs are decidedly longer than internodes (the lves hve 3-4 times as long) and the conspicuous, acuminate, silvery stipules often as long or longer than internodes. Infl. a few flo gyme at end of st. Upper part of v.infl. viscid-glandular. Seeds "winged" not winged [even in some pod] (J) [5-19-39 Flv fr. Soledad. Also recently on Kearny Mesa. More more R.B.K. inclines to this ident (C) Flo fr. Along edge of sidewalk La Tolla. Fl. white. Possibly a shelly spec of B). Seeds winged? not winged in or pod.