Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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4-18-32 Castell de Alaró - Client. Frequent. Seeds about 2 to each cell. 647 [S. stellatum L., acc. to Kew 5-2-33] 4-18-32 ? Sedum caespitosum DC. Cote III, Bar III Flv adv fls. Castell de Alaró. Frequent at northeast site of old fortifications. Ifm IV, V Bar must be S. rubens L (which see in Bow Cote) but agrees much better with S. caespitosum in Cote. Differs from S. rubens asdese. Cote: not pubescent - glandulose (quite glabrous throughout); lvs not linear cylindricne de 10-15 mm tallies decuss (or almost), never more than 5 mm long, very blunt & closely imbricate, attached near upper surface as in variant of pouch at base beneath. Cymes few fls - about 3-6. Perls in 5's. Petals not aristate but simply acuminate. The red sepals (now everywhere widely spreading) appear more like stars than "cupse". Carpels (20x) ↓ show a little tubercular effect only at very base & show trace of what may develop into valves en longues