Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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6-16-34 turned yellow-brown on withering 6-16-34 Geranium pusillum L. Cote I 246, Bon 57 BVH 96 = G. — Baum 535, SVKI 427 Flv fr. Pleasant by wall at St. Gingolph m'd from wharf (Swisse) chea rfully to remain'd. Gd w/ &. pyrenaicum found near by. Note the differences emphasized SVKI: which the best in that Calyx of &. py- is so finely hairy that to eye it looks smooth & glabrous while Calyx of &. pus- shows its long spreading hairs plainly to the eye. Fr. of &.py is 3 mm long vry sparsely & finely pubescent Fr. of &. pus is 2 " " v less sparsely pubescent. Cf'd also w/ G. rotundifolium [8-17-34 Flv fr. By water thru in March, south of Villeneuve] 6-16-34 Calamintha Acinos Clairv Cote III 95; Bon 249, BVH 362 = Satureja — Seloele 4706, SVKI 571 Flv adv fr. Near Bouveret Plage. Several specimens ident seems sure. But note: The several stiff stems it seems almost woody to proceed from a woody base. Sts 2½-4 in high (Is this explained by the very dry season? Plant certainly has no look of an annual. SVK says 1-, 2- or even 3-yeared plant. 6-16-34 Halium boreale L. Cote II 342, Bon 139, BVH 223, G 749, SVKI 636 Flv young fr. St. Gingolph → Bouveret. St 22 in high, strongly 4-angled, puberulantly roughened bels and above & on angles. Two branches appearing