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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.