Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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4-10-30 fared to print. (See 4-20-30) 4-10-30 Ophrys fuciflora, Reisch (see 2-20-30) Fl. fading Beller. Came on east side. Fl. Colored like spec 2-27-30. [Douttler was O. textheridinaefera. Wild.] See ยง-6,8/12-32 A 206 4-16-30 Serapias lingua. Beller. Fl. Same as 2-20, 3-14, 3-29-30. Fl.alumna at L with ovary & lip hanging at obtuse L with fl. so diverging outward from line to ovary. R. Point reaching above ovary but not nearly as high as fl. would be if it stood upright. Lips 14-16 mm wide, at base, 86-9 mm wide in central lobe. (one case 11 mm wide central lobe but has not measured as wished to press plant.) Base of lips with elevated spot* which at its base bears 2 flange-like teeth. Appendix to column 3 mm. [*"spot" elongated, dark red, velviny, obliquely grooved down edges & velvety 2-lobed at front] B 207 = S. oculata Hay Bee 459; Box 309 Cat III 4-16-30 Serapias parviflora Parl. No I 4/10 Beller just coming into fl. Plant same in general appearance or left upwardly. in some cases reaches to or beyond base of mfl. Infl somewhat bent out (in A up-right) and lower lf. sheaths conspicuously