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6-18-38
fragrance when crushed. Terminal buds, now,
ovate 3-4 mm long v barba stubby looked with C. O.-
Considers poss. that this is C. glabra or C. microcarpa
which have lfts 5-7 (Hough's ill. shows 5 as do most
of the books except BVB). [7-17-38 No flts. woods 20. Please
stellate pubescence on petioles & lfts very similar.
Lfts strange, venison colored. See Keel 286 for
lfo. search Huntingtore for buds.
6-18-38 Carya cardiformis K. Koch G 332 = Nycia
Buttom BVB I 580 No flts. woods in front house.
lfts mostly 9; sometimes 7. Slender buds definitely
yellow (the terminal, summer, bud & buds for
next year in or just above axil of lft). Last yrs. growth
pale. Pubescence v glando much as in C.O- v Ca--
Upper 3 lfts shaped like those of C.O- (not at all like
ill. [BVB] v still more broadly obovate than ill
Hough's 3. Teeth somewhat more spreading than
in other 2 species v lso perhaps thinner. Lft no
more fragrant than C.O--.
6-18-38 Oxalis corniculata L G 534; M J W. 206
? Xanthoxala - Small BVB I 432. Fl & fr. lawn
v elsewhere. Some plants erect with no runners [any
sort]; others have branches from base bearing flowers
which root at nodes and 1 or (2) pale underground
runners originating from root. Fruiting pedicels
not deflexed. Pedicel mostly with spreading hairs
& sometimes with short appressed hairs as well.
This fits desc. G & M J W. exactly. Peduncles often very