Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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7-25-33 than E.alpinus but is really more or less heavy in all parts. Flo heads about same size as int. alpinus but rays almost a quite white. Pres this is same plant as 6-29-31. 859 7-25-33? Erigeron alpinus L. Fl. Rocher de Naye. Effect much as in 857 but plants 2-3 heads. In one plant threadlike flo few (with not making a def ring visible to eye as in 857 ) in another plant seemingly none. Rays same color as in 857, invol bracts rather less spreading; and green (rather than purplish as in 857.) In many ways this seems to fall bet *857v*858 ? 7-25-33 Thlaspi brachypetalum Jord Cote I/33 = T. alpestre L. ssp. brachypetalum Durand & Pittier Su III 287. See T.alpestre L.Bor 32, BVH 45. F2 (not fully ripe) and remains of flo but not enough to help wth petals v stamens). Plant well collected with root but no sign of runners. Root is like continuation (at 1/2 same size) for about 1 in then branched at tips several rootlets. Root oblique to main axis at (from tip) root a continuous curve comprising roots base (at.) St shrivel, about here 8in to base & wth then branching into now elongated