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2-14-30 Passerina lutea L Kn II 214, Bon 276
= Thymelea — Endl Bas 487 (See B.M.) C.P. 528 [for clar]
[ family] Flv fr. Shore opp Las Illetas v or island.
Plaintly Thymelaceae v not Daphne. But the
short leaves overlapping lvs are smooth only on
the dark green under side. The edges are rolled up-
ward and the upper surface thickly covered with
white tomentum, like atena v exterior calyx.
Only fls found but plenty of fr in various stages
on same plant. (See 11-22+30
? E. aurata L. See 11-14-80
3-14-30 ?? Emplectia plataphyllos L. Bon 280, BYH
406 = E. plataphylla Bes 412. See Kn II 148. Fl (far too
young to study) Rd to fort south [ junction with high-
way west ] Cas Catala. 18 high. much branch-
ing from base (for not shrubby). Many branches
sterile. Glabrous, glaucous, grayish. lvs firm v
coriaceous. Those on sterile branches opp (as
are slender secondary branches) on fertile braches
alt; sessile, thick glaucous, reflexed, lanceolate,
pointed with spreading, irregular sharp teeth [on]
large
lvs. lvs almost semi-circular clasping, sharply
toothed yellowish. Umbels synmoe (usually a single
fl head bet rays) 2-7 rayed, compound, some-
times with single ray from in axil Buper fl.
Flawde yellow, rounded on outside. Capsule [very