Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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5-18-31 Salvia pratensis L. Cote III/01, Bm 350, BVH 357 BMJ C.P. 639 Fl. glime But note that in following char. This corresponds with S. nemorosa Gauntz "Ex V W Geis" (B.M.) C.P. 639 (Not mentioned in Cote, Bm or BVH) Floral br ovate, acuminate, broader than calyx -- calyx purplish, hairy, resinous-dotted, 2-lipped, the upper lip shortly v sharply 3-toothed, the lower with 2 longer acute - tipped teeth; corolla 1/2 in long -- the tube little exerted, the limb pers- fusely resinous-dotted. Fruits also: racemes often with 2 opp. lateral branches (all BVH) and fru. with no blood-red spots (B.M./C.P.). Query does S. pratensis L. (if Cote, Bm v BVH) include S. nemorosa Gauntz (if B.M./C.P.)? Receptacle (at S.) relatively large & swelling (1 mm + high) [Later fls found fully 3/4 in long See SVKI 567 as to large & small fls, 5-13-34 small is 1/2 in corolla, had no pollen, in otherwise well developed stamens. 5-18-3] Crepis taraxacifolia Thunb. Cote II 442, BVH 275 =Barbanusa -- Moench = 13. -- DC. Bm 187. Fl & merifer. fls. fls common. 2-3 in high. Lvs as desc vlll B.VH. Note this agrees with 2-25-30 and ? 3-14-30 in stigmues olive green and receptacle alveolate with short fring of hairs around each depression. Inv l back blue. Flots ovate. Note the swelling in axis of many of them which makes them spreading. See also 1-16- 31.