Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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8-26-31 Cronica spensae L. SVKI 395, BON/10 III=132 O. campestris Koch Cote I 311, Bon 42. FLU fr. Charnay-Brent. Flos 2 cm long. Wings shorter than leaf; leaf shorter than standard and split at base. St with 1 def line of hairs (Bon, SVI) but ± pubescent on rest of surface. Lvs. def narrower than O. verna). With volubed fl. St erect to 2½ ft., def thorny but thorns not "gemines" (Cote) [Knoll 168 "O. campestris Koch. etc.= O. spensae L."] 8-26-31 Equisetum maximum Lamb. Cote II 712, Bon 383, SVKI/5=E. Telmateia, Elkh BON 571 Stuckets. Charnay- Brent. Lower parts of st now turned black but upper parts green- ish white. Branchlets 6 in long, 8-angled. 8-26-31 Borago officinalis L. Cote II 580, Bon 220, BON 326 BMJCP 622 FLU fr. Blaney. Note nutlet terimeter in this flange-like edge" noted 1-22-31. Note also that nutlet falls with white, round-based gynaceae attached leaving rounded joints in receptacle and nutlet above" base concave entouré d'un rebord saillant foliace" (Cote) only when gynacea are removed. Sepals accrescent in fr. Nutlets 5 mm high. 8-26-31 ? Amaranthus hybridus L. vss hypochondriacus Bailey. BMJCP 252 = Q.—L. forma—Robman 4371= Q.—L. sept—Thellung var erythrocarpa Thellung SUKI 222. Plant (roots ell) found on the flower paths at Val-Mont so don't know if cult or wild. Plant 8½ in