Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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4-24-31 Abies pectinataides L. Cote I 263, Bon 61, BMBCR 467 Broken fl on path Val-Mont Clin. So perhaps cult. Inflorescence, glabrous, branched. Persistent 4 mm high, stamens hardly exserted (see 4-28-31 4-24-31 Taxus baccata L. Cote III 270, Bon 374, BVH 432 No fln fr Clin. Bark reddish very scaley. L very short petioled. St when leaves fallen rough with overlapping brood ridges which formed the lower part of petiole (adequate to extend) petioles pass articulated to this ridge. Frequent cone shape agglomerations fls from base next to a yellow grit. Lvs dark green & shining above, dull or yellowish green below beneath. Boughes (at rather like Picea except that articulation is so placed (lower) that the short petioles are not left on at. Branch- lets green v much more slender than Thica. 4-24-31 Picea Abies Karst. A 65, BMBC R 86 = P.excelea Link Bon 373 = Abies excelsa DC. Cote III 285 No fl, old cones under tree. Common Clin. Branchlets golden brown, pubescent. Lvs 4 sided with 4 minute small sides. 4-25-31 Coronilla Emerica L. Cote I 406, Bon 90, BMBC R 416 Fl Clin. Upper parts got green, obscurely angled, sometimes with a few appressed hairs; lower