Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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9-19-34 Valerianella dentata Pollich. S&H 644, Bon 299 = V. Morisonii DC. Cote #268; Bon 146 Flo & Field Noills -> Youvry. F&[overall] 3 1/2 mm x 7 1/2 mm. The limb being 1mm high and less than 1mm wide. Limb is cup shaped but cut obliquely and dentate edge all 7 of B&H all #314 good (Fr triflora narrower than in Flo. and fr. glabrros). Plant 24in high (growing in tall weeds). Stangled strongly to touch. 9-19-34 Silene pratensis Bern Cote#187, Bon 129 = S. flavescens Bernle B&H 199 = Silaurn Silous Schinz Port du Saex u. Thelling S&H 495 F. 1/4. Phone Bridge below Youvry. Tallest plant 5 ft. but others) 3 or 2 ft. Root woody vertical with rings (the piece collected perpendicular, broken) 3 in below surface of ground) and has shreddy remains of old root apex. Stem solid, glabrous and laterate (not grooved or ridged) the striations sometime (sometimes the most part) + red. Lvs fairly well ell (B&H) 1/2 in dark green with veins showing white against light. 1/2 segments linear-lanceolate with sharp tips and the edges midrib roughened [to eye] but not to [touch?] with minute denticulations. Petals yellowish-green exactly as dere vill (Cote) except that none have "nerve dorsal pubescent" (Cle. not mentioned in other books). Note petals are ovate w broad base and that the inflected lip does not make the outline of petal.