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A. 5½ in high. Sterile frond 3 in wide
B. 3 in high " " 2 in wide. Fertile
spiked double (See Clute 56)
[B. tenerum S.w. var. rutacifolium DC. Eaton
G49: B. matricariae Spreng BOBIS.
[See 9-10-30
9-13-39 Veronica americana Schwein G729, BOB II20
Flunripe fr Whitecliff brooklet from spring.
9-13-39
Fr. Whitecliff moving. General look Cruciferae
but not found in G or BOB. Evidently annual from
the few weak roots. St, in one case, 2oin high )
which upper 2-3in is raceme. Lvs (none seem)
to have been opp on slender pedicels v what
pubescence remains is straight( just poss gland-
lai) Flo opp, the slender pedicel & the pods
4 mm. Pod suggest Thlaspi but is not winged or
crested. Almost orbicular, 1cm diam, very flat
transversely to the narrow-dissepiment. Pod
dehiscent along edges from top downward v
the 2 cells also tend to break apart from each
other at the base of the dissepiment. Seeds
several in each cell on axile placentae and
evidently attached directly without a funicle.
Seed brown, very flat, ear-shaped, ribinged
so that