Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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1-20-31 ?? Medicago minima Graff in L. Kutt 75 Corte I 32 X = M - Lemke Bas 117, Bon 95 v jestb = M. - Bartalini Bas H 112. Fr (fallen on ground) & young plants germinating fr seeds, being 1/2 in hight with 4 developed frs. Plants which bore the frs not found. Backed to Palma, using they in Bon. Fr spiraled with spines much longer than intervals between, fr not inc. spines 4 mm a less diam., atifusles dentata almost entire, fr spheri- cal with 3-5 turns. Note also fr may have been pubescent but can't be sure; spines very slender hooded at apex; spines in double rows on the thickened edge of pod which has tendency to break off from pod. Seeds yellowish 2 x1+ mm more nearly elong than kidney shaped, but varying within species, 3 (feetiformes) in pod. Plant softly white pubescent. Lfts (ax.s) tiny 8 mm, the terminal one almost orbicular, lateral ones narrowed on upperside, all def. notched & apiculate at apex, with possibly other obscure teeth near tips. 1-20-31 ? tabiata Lavandula dentata L. Tro fl or fr. Outside of Bellevue wall at junction of paths across fields from Calvia Rd. Prob. herb. acclimo. perennial. Plant col. 7 in high but