Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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9-25-34 Anagallis arvensis L. Crat II 538; Box 210, Bvh 303; #647; Svt I 579 Flo ?c Voutry. Exactly like with which compared? sup pulveracea (i.e. scarlet field form) except that corolla is very pale rose with a carmine ring at the base. 9-25-34 ?? Abnormal form of Anagallis arvensis L. Fl. Cutting just east (south side) of Pont du Seex. Only one plant found with many normal plants. Style exactly like C. arv - except that internodes are shorter than usually & plant rather more branch. &c. Flo solitary, maxils as in C. arv - but the effect is very different. Peduncles are straight or rather stiff & thick (not capillary) & finally curved downwards. The 5 sepals if-like (make effect very like the whole lot of come Galiumo), varying greatly in length in the different flo, perhaps as result the longest fully 10mm. Corolla of right shape with stamens opposite its lobes. Corolla greenish + tinged red, +- developed, but never falls off (as corolla of C. arv - so readily done) and remains conspicuously shorter than calyx. Filaments glabrous in C. arv-hairy & anthers sterile. Stigma & style not well developed. The superior ovary (in many instances) as large as fr. flo arv - but, because seed are not maturing, is loose and angular-powdery. Ovules on free central placenta. Lower calyx lobes sometimes dark-dotted beneath as in C. arv. Often rare.