Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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But, see SVK I 351, query if this is not one of the many forms of C. facea - perhaps var semi- picturata bignles. low, heal v bractured ill by Costa # 2072 6-16-34 Centaurea scabiosa L. Costatt 398, Box 180, SVH 265, § 860 SVK I 712, Fl. F. Ringolph -> Bouveret. A. Fl of the usual rosy purplish colour. B. Fl white with no tinge of purple (See SVK II 353) Plant growing near A. 6-16-34 ? Valeriana montana L. Costa II 2404, Box 145, SVK I 644 Fls fr St Kingolph -> Bouveret. Flt side grew in one place only. Only pos. in Costa & SVK since all fls are undivided (verticle). Very like ill (Costa) except at its broade v more of tuss and infl. more elongated. St glabrous. The bit 1st above collected is horizontal & has well developed sterile shoots with fls as desc'd ill (Costa). 6-16-34? Hieracium florentinum All. Costa II 460, § 873 SVK I Fls fr St Kingolph -> Bouveret. If prioripes, this is only pos Costa & SVK. Rootstock v long almost horizontal cylindrical but blunt at end (But note that at base of the top rootstock several greenish bud which suggest stolons latter. & seems to say Costas) (very blue ill Costa) stem