Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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3-18-30 Sparaxis tricolor, Ker. BMJ C.P. 196. Fl. Cult. bought. As remembered in Bermuda. Petals red, dark at base, tube yellow. Stamens do not seem at one side declining & arching. Anthers face outward? Style folded down, stigmatic edges to top. 3-18-30 Hypericum balearicum L. Kut 184 Bar. 86 Collected by Mr. Nesor, hills abv Kenwa. Sepals as compressed laterally as trapjawn backed; green or beel, white or indigo, which is prolonged into point at apex. Pedals not notched (See 3-26 v 4-14-30. 3-19-30 Geranium Robertianum L. Kut II/29 Bes 82 Box 57, Box N. 95, Fl. Abv Formaltx (Mr. Nesor b'yt apex from Kenwa 3-18-30) 3-19-30 Orchis morio L. var longicorne Kut 400- O. longicornum Poiz Bar 457 (Note: Kut v Bar both seem to consider O. morio not in Balearic see desc.) Yet Box 311 v Box N. 450 ill which is not like spec.) See 3-20-30. Fl. Abv Formaltx near point where we turned back. (Mr. Nesor b'yt apex from Bellver 3-18-30) Note: Knoble does not give distribution outside of Balearic, like 3-20-30 except fewer fld 4, v in col of fl. Work, spur & tracts are purple, lateral lobes lip very dark purple, middle lobe a lighter purple (somewhat darker than sepals) - this differs from desc. Bes which says "casi blanco" - with several dark purple spots. All backs 8-veined faintly. Spur 5mm wide at tip.