Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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so as below beneath (See 4-14-30 2-27-30. ?? Rhamnus alaternus L. Ku # 176 Bar. 98, Bon 64. (See BvH 103 and BMJ C. P + 74 for index of genus). Fl ? with what seems rudiments (?) ? organs Hillside Son Roca (maybe cultivated). Shoots are not more than 5 ft. Low alt ascens Bar villae'll Bon. Fls in short axillary racemes (shorter than low) No petals. Calyx with definite tube & 5-lobed that fold toward center with edges touching in bud & are reflexed in anthesis. Stamens 5, pro- jecting, alt with sepals inserted just below mouth of tube. (?) No fleary diaks lining calyx tube apparent). Abortive ovary seems 3 celled (seems likely to be 3-angled) with 3 stigmas. St. infl drops away readily, the little bracts which form cup like (shelf-like) depressions for the pedicels seeming to be part of stem, not at all detachable. (See 3-11-30) See 5-14-30, 5-17-30, 4-26-30 fl. 2-27-30 Andropogon hirtum L. Ku I 285 Bar 4 89, Bon or perhaps A — L. longearista- tum Willd (Bar) = A. pubescens Vio. (Bon) Blades not hairy (the venisators are roughened like the edges) except for a very few long hairs