Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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[= P. laxiflorum Wiebe BVH 400, SVK 317] 8-19-31 Polygonum mitre Schrank. Cate. III 206, Bon 275 SVK I 2/13 Flos Bouveret. Perianth bright green below, bright pink at tips. Seed shining smooth below, less so above (SVK "matt") Lvs lanceolate to 16 mm wide, deflexed at base with inflated nervo (SVK). Perianth div 5, stamina 6, styles not jointed to base. Nte perianth shows faint traces of gland-dots [late lvs ciliate on margin] [8-2-33 Flos for Villeneuve-Bouveret Lvs (20x) show no gland-dots like P. lapathifolium... if any they are very obscure.] 8-19-31 Polygonum lapathifolium L. Cate. II 204, Bon 275, BVH 405, S960, SVK I 2/13. Flos Bouveret (x) St green, flo greenish white; flt red, fls ± tinged pink. Both form marked to dark spot in lvs, fls especially. Gland dots present but not def enough to identify without other chars which agree. Seeds 2 mm wide. Cfd with P. Persicaria L. lvs longer jointed & broadest in lower third whereas P-P has its broadest about middle (SVK) Notales trace of inf like if the the not ciliate whereas on P-P they are ciliate. 8-19-31 Chenopodium polygaerum L. Cate III 185, Bon 268, BVH 357, S 367, SVK I 3/16 Fl & F Bouveret. Fl with stiction (20x) radiating from apex. Late found at flin. 8-19-31 Mercurialis annual L. Cate III 245, Bon 282 BVH 409, S 543, SVK I 4/36 Flos & vls Bouveret (very near St. Gingolph) Cfd with M. perennis L. (no fls). Stalent Plants so Ch seen def discrete. Fl pedicels to 8 mm long. Capsules (acros bit) 4 mm wide x 3 mm high. Seed brown slightly roughened.