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#116
7-2-29 Urtica urens L. G 348, Bu BI 635 A
Roadside Robinsons 1/2-2 1/4 in high.
#31
7-2-29 Iris versicolor L. G 299, Bu BI 537 Fl. Robinson bet Ferry to the 1st store beyond P.O. [Later found plentiful along Barachois Blk]
#32 #32a
7-3-29 Iris setosa Pall var. canadensis Forster G 300 = I. Hookeri Penns Bu BI 536. Fl. v last yro. fr.
Very frequent on barachois at mouth of Barachois Blk as near as any vegetation to the close. Longest scape 6 in to base infl. No lvs. longer than this, widest lf. 7/8 in. No observable diff. in color or veining if fl. from lvs. I. ver-sicolor (1) 7-2-29]. Petals slight v tubular as desc., also slightly pointed. Style branches def. toothed (in I. v. entire or obscurely toothed)
Sepals abruptly widened below middle into an almost orbicular blade lobes 1 3/4 in across (I. v. widens above middle into oval lobe 3/8 in or less across). Fl. 2 (some times 3) at end of scape v, in one case ob-served, a fl.-bearing peduncle issuing from the spathe which is lower on scape (all in I. v.). Plant purplish at base. Dried pods 3/4 in high, no signs of transverse