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6-7-32 Celsia Cretica L. Kn# 368, Bes 335,
BMJCP 674, Cost# 623 Buda kinepe fr. Hoflofen.
From Mrs. Kennedy from Sor Mas, Valdemora.
St. as col 17 in light & basal lvs col. Plant hairy v.
mis upper part, glandular. but not at all wooly.
St. with 4 faintish ridges from base of lvs,
but no could not be called decument. Lvs
thinnish, flouy, serrate, all sessile vs longly
cordate clasping, acute at tip. Bracts similar,
the lowest only slightly smaller than upper
most lvs. The upper bracts similar but
progressively smaller v becoming long
acuminate. Infl no, 8 in long. Bracts
all longer than calyx. Calyx lobes rate, lfy,
dentate, in the lowest 15 x 10 mm. Raceme
looks very lfy because of large bracts. Pedicels
about 4 mm long. Stamens 6, the flower with fila.
ments glabrous (BMJCP Bes) Cost# to the contrary)
the 2 uppers with violet pubescence. Pods ovate, globose
valvining, strongly stipulate, the largest now
almost 10 mm. Style (ie. shorter than calyx -
Exactly like all Coste). Bract, calyx v pad.
16-13-82 Fls v basal lvs from same place [see out
identification]