Field notebooks : Newfoundland, 1927-1937
Page 169
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9-5-29 ? Lobelia Kalmii L. G769, BvBIII303 (See 8-19-29 Same locus via marsh nearby.) Immature pod is 12mm high x 5mm wide, one whit flattened. The upper 3mm projects beyond calyx tube in flattened cone; this por- tion and about 3mm at base contains no vules. Calyx tube (at this stage) 9mm while lobes are 4mm. In anthesis calyx tube is 2mm, & lobes slightly more, the longest 21/2mm. Pedicels all longer than the very narrow bracts. Corolla tube puberulent inside on lower portion. This portion has 2 broadish white stripes which narrow towards top of tube, then broaden as they go over 2 protuberances at base; lips & ex- tending further, with only a very narrow blue line between, form the conspicuous white spot (extending well into the sinuses) at base of lip. There 2 stripes have light yellow- ish green spots: 1 on each stripe in the tube & 1 on each protuberance (4 in all). St. leafy only in lower 1/2 or less, the upper part naked except for lf or br. subtending branch i.e. ofen lengths of 3 is naked. Plant glabrous except pedicels which are minutely rough- ened. Perhaps pod should be considered inflated [20-8-29 M.L. Fernald thinks #6 & 8-23-29 and #7 & 9-15-29 are surely L. Kalmii hence spec of 8-19 and 9-5 are L. Kalmii.