Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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9-17-34 Silybum Marianum Gärtner. SUKI 706 = S. marianum Gaertn. Coste II 362, Bon 174, BMJCP 793 = Carduus Marianus L. BVH 368. Lf only. Focke in Rd north of Pont du Seax. Roette of lonely (2 plants) seen) looking exactly as known in Mallorca. [9-28-34] If only "Chicken House" just north of Rhone. Bouveret -> Villeneuve] 9-17-34 Ajuga genevensis L. Coste III 139; Bon 256; BVH 375; All II 298; G 692; BMJCP 650; SUKI 553 Fl. Field Noville -> Yonvry. Only one plant seen not near any dwelling. No signs of the runners so evident from much earlier in season on A. reptans. What sort 3 inches low ground is a bunch of fibrous roots and from them & thicker portions extend upward to surface.} grounds terminate in what seems to be two separate plants if entire root not collected. Fibrous roots also found at base of stems top and along these upward extending roots below. One of these plants consists of only large basal lvs. The other plant has stem 4 inches high. It hairy on all sides with jointed (BMJCP) spreading hairs; many blades are 3 mm long. Lvs with slender spreading hairs, with entire type teeth. Largest lvs (or stemless plant) to 10x4 1/2 cm on a broad petiole +- 9 cm long (petiole margined at top or throughout with the decurrent edges of lf-blade). The basal lv's on the flowering plant were fresh when collected and as large as on the other plant. The succeeding lvs progressively (but not abruptly) smaller & progressively mor