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6-9-38 oblates
than internodes. Blades 11-4 cm.. (they look short)
(Base) culms crowded with dead ho - none short,
one to 8 in long.) Blade smooth except for
minute roughners (20x) on edges & on
mid-rib beneath (can be felt).
Branches & infl. capillary, rough, fld only bract
tip & drooping. Lowest whrd consists of 2-5,
usually 3, branches. All of P.D - (Bv B) would be
spikelet x 2 3-
adquate for our plant. A F n 3.5 mm., 2-fld.
Scales scarious tipped with white. Glyynes
acute 109 nerved. Lemma def, backed v boat-
shaped. Palea same consistency as lemma,
the 2 nerves very def., almost as long as lemma.
Glume slightly rough on keels. Pedicels of spikelets
(except if the one terminating branchlet) shorter
than spikelet. Consider back poss. & P. viridula
(see 6-17-38)
6-9-38 Poa pratensis L. G 156; Bv B I 256 Fl. in
woods. (Studied with fine specimens near
mailbox of 6-13-38)
6-11-38 Lychnis alba Mill G 384; Bv B II 68. Fl. &. Road-
side northward. One fl. lead 6 styles instead of 5.
Petals sometimes with small linear lobes at base
of blade in add. to crown. St. red at base. Calyx
finely hight; strongly marked with (fteen red-
dial) veins. Corolla 1-1ΒΌ in diam [7-15-38 ov]
& Roadside Konespot. & fls puzzling at first w/ Calyx