Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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3-15-30 Buxus sempervirens L. Shrub in garden Infanta & ft. high trees, slightly puberulent in shallow grassy bet. low. Lvs opp. oval or ovate, on very short petiole, (x) 18 x 9 mm light green (x) 20 x 11 mm dark green; Coriaceous, en- tire, narrowed at base, obtuse slightly flattened at apex. glabrous, along mid rib beneath a light (whitish) line composed of tiny dots (20x). Flores sessile axillary clusters. Perianth 4 thin small bracts, 2 oval, the other 2 a trifle larger & 3-lobed. Stam. 4 opp the sepals, filaments 4 mm long, anthers 2 mm. yellow, interior. Bet. the stamens at their base what would be thought to be stigma, fleshy, rectangular with a notch in each side to accommodate filament. No sign ovary. Prst. diviciona [4-11-35 this again studied] & found to be Buxus sempervirens Cote & 225° Bde 289, AWH 404, BUGC.P 458. 3-25-80. Liliacea in garden Infanta &. Fl. campanulate 3 cm+ across. Perianth segs ovate lanceolate 1/4 mm long dark blue with darker band down middle outside Stamens 6 attached to base of seg. the filament blue