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[Mrs. K. reports that New after first thinking this a
Rhamnus admits that it is a "Bladder Campion" ]
K. decides!
11-3-32 ? Silene Circinalis [wib.]
No tags. From Mrs. Kennedy from Puig Mayo "very
summit in stony ground." Shrub evidently
flat on ground, the gnarly stem 1 cent thick, branched.
Older base branches have slight thorny effect. 1 or
are found on younger shoots. Branchlets v lvs opp.
The young shoots still almost base the scales
of buds from which they issued. Lower oldest
lvs bear no sign of stipules, but bases were joined
with definite line (as in many plants of pink
family) But note that just inside this line
is sometimes found a pair (i.e. see 2 to me pair)
of small oval veined members which might be
desiduous stipules or leaves there are perhaps
sometimes 4 ) might be bud scales of the
bud which continues the shoot. Lvs obviate to
13' x 60-7 mm wide, entire, rounded v emacrate
at apex, narrowed at base into what might be
considered a very short (1mm) petiole. Lvs thin
glabrous
(not at all coriaceous), grey-green, finely net
veined with veins almost purplish on the lower.
Lvs (ats.) close together at tips of the shoot frigo (as that
faces overlaps. Sap not milky as far as discernable v
lvs without odor. Could this possibly be to fox
lonicera peregrina L. forma major? seems to look like it
Nw II: 43) Sel L. - L. Bar 217, Cate 23%.
Later spring which Mrs. Kennedy says