Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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covered with cuscute. P 746 6-25-32 Linaria aquitriloba Duby (see 5-23-32) Fl. Rock blue in stream bed & 1/4 reservoir P 747 6-25-32 Tenerium Polium L. var majoricum (see 5-29-32) Red. Rock. Blue Cliff along upper entrance path. This is almost surely the "forme cesticum" with Inaequalyx in II 317, var Calycinum Willk. BAE 376. St. very white with short pub. branched hairs. Low gray green with similar pub. Lvs elongated 25-30mm overall, narrowly oblanceolate, the broadest 5mm near tip. Edges entire or the slightest bit crenate at tip, revolute but not all hiding the veiny underside of lf. Calyx tube 4mm, teeth 1mm. Dust loose with long hairs. Dust before flower has a purplish tinge to it grayness. The one fl open is deep-purple. (BAE says white) P 748 6-25-32 Silene mollissima Pers (see 6-9-32) Fl. seen above. Petals white, tinged slightly green beneath. Claws not exserted (BAE v Costa say they are). Calyx 2cm long; petals exserted about 1cm further. Stamens long exserted. Plant very like ill Costa.