Field notebooks : Newfoundland, 1927-1937
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9-12-27 & filofina. Same as 9-16-27 soft fr and spit above inlet to Highland Pond. 9-12-27 Artemisia canulata Michx #84#8. BvB III 533 H.P. sandy point in river above inlet Heads rarely nodding but lvs are too long, with divisions too narrow & heads too small to be A. canadensis Michx. lvs before unfolding are silby, later glabrous. Achenes very few & not well developed altho flying season over. Plant had been under water for several days owing to flood. 9-12-27 Utricularia ---- prob. V. vulgaris var americana Gray G. 737 = V. macrostigma de Cote BvB III 229. Large. Many bladders. Wrist buds numerous. 9-12-27 ? Lapsinachia terrestris BSP # BvB#II 712. Soft fr. H.P. Plant submerged, poss only because of high water. lvs 1¼ x ¾ in, broadest in middle & tapering almost equally to both ends; sessile. Upper lvs not conspicuously smaller than lower. St. convex on 2 sides & grooved on others alternating with nodes. In each axil 2 small bracts and an elongated growth (⅜-½ in) with small flap scales, reddish. 9-12-27 Scirpus validus Valld #193 BvBT 331 # S. occidentalis Chase #193 BvBT 332. Highland Pond. Query: what does & mean by "bractelete"?