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a neglected part of the garden (where she expects
to find Gentiana crinita in season)
(seeds F. pipactis latifolia All Cote III 414; B.W. VII 3432
v Helleborine latifolia Druce S.VI/167 all referring
to some plant which R.B.K. found in Suisse? See
7-30-33 and 7-4-34.)
St. 18in. high. Spikes 9in. high (upper bracts) x 2 in.
wide. Fls at least 32; Fl 15mm wide (at tips of lateral
sepals). These sepals being 12-13 mm long. Sepals & petals
of blended pale green y pale mauve but still as much
differentiated in sepals v petals as in all Coriara
Pl III. R.B.K's Suisse note apply except 7-4-34 as
to anthers. In our plant the back (anther is the
part left when pollen is removed) is conspicuous,
3 x 2 x 2 mm., movable as it is attached by a
very slender base.
7-25-38 Desmodium canadense DC G521: Meibom-
ia canadensis Kuntze BvB II 401 Fl. Big clump on J
drive, near road. (Fls collected from same plant in June)
at 4ft. stout, ridged v vertically striped with red.
Fls 13 mm from per base to tip of keel. The large rate bracts
(BvB) subtend groups of fls and in addition each
group has 2 narrow linear bracts (one on each
side). Stipules linear-lanceolate, about 7mm. Whole
plant looks v feels rough.