Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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2-11-32 almost sessile near branches. Sts also more or less rough hairy, not "velutl-lanellate" (Cote). Flo. bright yellow, 8mm high in tuft at ends of elongatd infl. Pedicels infl about 3mm and slightly enlarged at apex (Bon), (inf?) hardly longer, thick. Largest fr. (a.t.s.) 28mm. [Note #428 D. nigra "pads 1.5-1.8cm long"] Beaks tapering v squarish with the glines mentioned by (Bar), about 1cm long, with umpea cell near its base (Now showing no enlarged ball effects in middle). Pedicels ascending, but pads appressed to axis, tho more less twisted & curld. (Bon) [9-25-34 Specimen of Sinapis arvensis (valves div 3-nerved) will fr. shoot v more nearly appeared than usual males. R.RK suspect the 2-11-32 plant may also have been S. arvensis] 2-17-32 Bridaceae Cult. Fl brought by Mrs King from garden in Bonaross. Thos v no scales on specimen. Specimen 3 in long consist of 2 spathes with 1f/1studs in the upper. Spatha 2 in light, top apex curving slightly forward in boat shape. Filaments form tube; anthers opp. the 3 div. of style. Style with 3 flattened (petaloid) but blunt divisions (no longer than stamens) conspicuously frinicate on upper edge. Breadth divisions horizontal the 3 outer somewhat larger. Fl 1/2 in (perlipomae) across, mottled binnial purple v white, the edges more nearly brown, and beautifully crisped & curled! Not found in M'G's nor B's hothus but suggestive of Ferraria Richs'