Field notebook : New England
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7-15-38 Konkapot River at S.to' road. fishing holes below Mill River Village along 7-15-38 ? Lonicera dioica L. G 756; BuBII 270 379 See Peterson 145. Roadside bet the 2 fishing holes. Fz. Ped. 1cm bearing a compact head interrupted only because some berries have not developed. (This rules out L. Caprifolium), whose fz cluster is sessile and L. aemulae- sicens fz in interrupted spikes.) Upper dichelfonnate br) as desc. G. v ovell of fz in Bu B. Cfd with plant at Kilwood (no flowr fz). Almost surely the same. 7-15-38 Sassafras variifolium G 414 Rge: S. Sassafras Neut BuBII 134 No flowr Fz. Fine clumps river-side of road shortly below 2nd stopping place [7-17-38 Kilwood] 7-15-38 A ctaea alba Mill G 408; BuBII 90 venipe fz. Roadside bet the 2 fishing holes. Cfd with A. rubia (fruitless) from nearby v until plant at Kilwood. As also perhaps A. a- is more cut v certainly teeth are sharper. Chief dif is that A. a- has no which are not veiny- regose as has A. s-. Obly raceme Simlory (A. a- usual about 1/2 as long v ovide. Thick pedicels v berries grow. [7-25-38 Venipe fz. Kilwood] 7-15-38 Desmodium grandiflorum DC G 519: Meltonia & Kuntze BuBII 396 Fz young f. Roadside bet the 2