Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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7-5-34 Cerastium Cerasoides Britton SVK1240; BV#75 = C. Trigynum Vill Cat I 216 = Stellaria ceras- Aoides L. Bon 51. Fl. Rochers de Naye in path from Chalet to eastern ridge. Fl very like C. arvense but as plant grows is less diff'ct in being brighter green (not greyish as in C. arv-), glabrous scts with green look base. Pedicels are finely gland-hairy & similar hairs are to be found at or on base of calyx and on edge) bracts at very base (bulky enough to justi- fy Bon.) and at least a very fine line gland down each internode. Apart from this the plant is (as it looks) glabrous. Bracts herbaceous without the scarious margin & defeciation of C. arvense. Sepals 5 fuse, scars at tip. Stigmas 3 or 4. It's now 1 on each at usually with 1 lateral bud (at base of pedicel) making a diff'ect than the cymes of C. arv. Open fl. 13mm diam, the sepals showing green between the petals. (In C. arvense the open fl is 18mm diam with sepals not visible between the pe- tals [7-26-34 one spec same region as 7-5-34. 7-5-34 Cerastium arvense L. Fl. Rochers de Naye. On eastern ridge etc.