Field notebooks : Newfoundland, 1927-1937
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7-12-29 Nemophila mucronata Trelease G 555 BvB #490 ft. Marsh, east side Ford Rd., Baxalis 7-12-29 lf. only from garden of Elsie Cook, called "Bara Gilade" Basal lf. with petiole 7½ in long, triangular with shallow, wide groove on top. Blade oblong 5¼ x 2 in; apex blunt, base inequilateral, finely blub- berrited, light-bright green. Both sides appear pubescent (perhaps glabrous later) & shining oil glands [20x]. The few definite lateral veins branch & rebranch so that the many ultimate veinlets terminate each side of the edge (each tooth having a veinlet). Purplish vols. (St. ridged as observed in garden east of R.P. Castysville 7-15-29) Reported as not flowering. 7-12-29 lf. only "Lad's Love" from garden of Elsie Cook 7-12-29 Linnaea borealis L. var americana Pelles G, 757 = L. americana Forbes. BvB #276 Fl. Woods en route to Elsie Cook's house. Pedicel, bracts, calyx—all glandular pubescent. One pair (the larger) bracts at base of ovary very densely glandular. Elsie calls this "Maiden's Flower". It is blossoming in clots in marsh east of the Ford road.