Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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3-14-30 Pistacia Lentiscus L. (See 2-4-30) Often bud. Bellver. Stamens usually 6, sometimes 7, filaments short; anthers large. Calyx lobes about as to be hardly countable. 3-14-30 Sonchus Bellver. 10 in high, glabrous except for a little tomentum at base & young blade which in bud & young fr looks quite like S. tenerrimus. Lvs (no basal ones remaining) consist of single blade widest at base with lobes pointing down- ward v slightly vertical (constricted little if any above base) on a long wrinkled petiole which more or less clasps & holds pointed lobes. Blade wings very laciniate. Upper lobes have progressively under wings or more clasping base, the uppermost being acule, clasping with pointed lobes. Fl head 4. Seeds brown ribbed v the ribs cut finely transversely. Prob a form of S. oleraceus L. 3-14-30 Allium Chamaemoly L. Nu I 369, Bz 438 Bx 398. Fr Bellver. Only 1 clump found on path east from gate. Bulbs sample oval 3/8 in x 1/2 in diam. Outer of bulb solid enclosed in firm white tunica & parts of brown coverings - parts the white layers of previous years. No ods. Lvs linear to 6 in x 3/6 mm, soft, long- ciliate on edges. Scape 3/4 in. Dense 5-15 fld. Capsules nodding, 3 black seeds in each calyx