Field notebooks : Newfoundland, 1927-1937
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base gone of last yrs shorts. 7-20-37 Continued Carex rotata Stokes G 255, BvBI 434 Vly young, Scirpus paniculatus lightly. G 189, BvBI 327 Fz. Ident. not questioned. Juncus canadensis J.Gay G 274, BvBI 480 Adv.fz. Plants showing a wide range in shape of infl. Some approaching ill f j.c.; others more like ill f j. brevicaudatus v some 65 in high v slender with only 3 heads. R.B.K has (in 1937) been considering them to be j. brevicaudatus but now decides all are j. canadensis with infl what G 264 would call not "well developed:" Fls are "greenish or light brown" not "deep brown" * Pedicels 3-3½ mm long not 2½ mm G " foars" and pointed not "acute" G " only ±1mm shorter than capsules which the in. sips seen grown to full size. N.B. Seeds (a.t.s.) fully 2mm overall (slightly less than 1mm without tails). Capsules 3 sided (at least as they dry) and probably would be desc. as "abruptly short pointed". [These spec. ofl with a j.] 7-20-37 which turns out to be j. brevicaudatus without doubt] [* Whatever G. means by "deep brown" R.B.K 8-19-37 finds pedicels in anthesis pale or green (at least sometimes]