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P6416
4-18-33 Lathyrus angulatus L var sphaericus
Inn II 124 = L. sphaericus Ritz Bz 146, Brm 97, Cote I 378
(See 4-20-30) Carefully planted. L. ? | 4-18-32. FL Pres?
Let. Castle Clare's Villient. Root not so can't tell if
any subterraneous ots. Many branching ots from
top of root. Lots much longer & narrower in effect the
upper ones to 3/5 x 1/2 mm, the 3 nerves less distinct.
Stipules likewise def. narrower & the 2 lateral most in
straight line but having the top l as in L? | where
nerves should be. Peduncles shorter (about 6mm)
welldetawned with stiff straight awns 4-10 mm high
which is like a continuation of pedicule. Calyx
much like (L.?) Style not at all fertile, ovary ovate
without any 2 ridges or edges, longer & in one counted
rules 9.
4-18-33 Gerista cinerea DC. Kn II 61, Brz 106, Bzr 70,
Cote I 301 FL at gate where path from C. Clare's enters plowed
field mway Villient (at saddle) | brk only seen. Remembe-
red about 3 ft. high; lower parts bare & woody, the side
thickly leafy branched with short erect twiggy branches
these gray-green, striate, pubescent, now flowers except
as few young b's appearing. These all noat stipules, sin-
ple, narrow to 2 mm long, thickish, pubescent below
beneath with only few hairs above. The twiggy branches
with constitute racemes of fls (solitary or occasionally
in 2's) Pedicella 2-3mm, with 2 tiny bracts about
middle, & what are first the beginnings of young b's.