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hardly emarginate at top, standing very
stiff when fl first open (the wings formi,
a horizontal roof over the face) and later?
(when wings have been fallen) standard
hangs flat over ovary & stamens. Stamens
4?1?, the antlers def. apiculate. Style slender.
bent at right angles with small capitate
stigma. Ovary pubescent, ovules several.
Standard silvery-rose on outside not very
fine pubescence.. Best possibility for BM 2570
is Indigofera Gerardiana Benth. p.417.
(See 9-2-31 article makes identification sure)
6-24-31 Malva silvestris.
Fl. slim edge & woods at Planard. St to 10in from
what seems perennial stock, with longish spread.
single axis, mostly several from same base (cf.
toward top) but because of length not making
starry effect. Lvs. orbicular, 5-7 nerved at base,
the corresponding lobe broad valvular (most like
all M. roundifolia Benth or M. patrinia Coats in
this respect). Series broad valvolar, the sides
straight. Lvs. hairy both sides with hairs single
or several from same base. Largest fl 2 1/2 x 3 in. It's
several in axils. The stam. bracts lanceolate
or elliptic a little shorter than calyx, 2 so near
together that they seem joined at base