Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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Near Establiment, perhaps in river bed. 5-13-32 Euforbia humbellata Prr. Knth 157; Bee. 417, Bon 281; Cote # 246 Fl & fr. Bridges, Pinejuged Plant to Establiment. 5-13-32 Euforbia falcata L. Kn II 157, Bar 417, Bon 282 Cote # 238 Fl & fr. Cinnalls Estab to Bon v down river. Two plants med. 11-15 in high (1 plant w/ st simple, the other w/ 3 branches meanare) St reddish, unlabel on lower half (remne), mid of scass evident. Lvs on upper part dif oblancalete (almost rhombic) to 25 x9 mm., indent near top, long narrowd to base, acutely apex, def 3-nerved. Bracts (expn upper part infl) very like lfl (Bon), but hardly denticultate. Numerous short fl-branles below the undel make inf look elongated not broad v spreading. Glands green mid of alveole points. Capsule glabrous, about 2 1/2 mm long v egg shaped (are all Cotes) much narrower at tip than in some E hardly channeled. Seed 1.6mm long pink-brown under its whitish exterior, 4 sided with frame verse linear depressions (3 on the insides & 5 on the outsides). But now befor Capsule splits (but seed seem ripe) it shows small caruncle