Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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3-19-36 Viola odorata h. var alba Knebel Kn #506 (Kn considers there is only 1 spce, if the acanulescent Viola in Balearics did not by identify acc. to Barcelo') # Fl. above Formalitz. in dark green, pubescent both sides. Root stock upright 3/4 in from roots at bottom to top of ground [illegible] present low, bearing underground runners below middle stalked lanceolate with elongated tip, petiolate with widely separated & not sharp shaped teeth below tip. Sepals oblong, 3-nerved, often, narrowly ly scariosus on margin, the posterior one rounded at base, the 2 anterior ones truncate the 2 inter- mediate ones narrowed into as sort of blunt ap- pseudage; all ciliate. Upper petals lying back against peduncle, the lower one rounded or very slightly notched, lateral ones lightly beard- ed. All petals violet same shade as cult. one in garden & Infanta with white at center, the lower ones with few dark veins in the white Ovary pubescent. Stigma so small HR p 36 Bor. Bracts on peduncle sometimes above, sometimes below middle. In longer than broad (at least to eye) & not at all oblongy. Fragrant. Spurs rather longer & narrower than in cult. violet