Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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and the fallen flo (studied 1-10-27) were paleish purple. C. Flo blue with faintly shaded on back v in folds. Some pale flossy vines. Wild name called "Morning Glory or Blue Bell". Flo seem to stay open all day. Stamens numerical limits evident early at base. Every seems 3 stelled and ending disual at bases. 1-9-27 Maurandya antirrhinifolia, Willd. Poring Earler p 346 So Rd het 2d Marlo & Wes Cent. Calaments thicken at apex and gland. silici liriate. Anthors white sella separate. Flo purple, denar artistical streaked & spotted purple. 1-9-27 Amagallis arvensis L. Red Scarlet Pimpernel. Poor Man's Shipshide Mattin. Waes p 282 So Rd far S East of St Marles. Flo x Virgineae No. 4-4-27 Cast Pt. From Seed longly pyramidical flat narrow bract petiolate & Carpella x. 1-9-27 Veronica agrestis L. Field or Garden Speedwell p 349 Middle Rd near Christ Ch. Cepals ciliate, Capsule ciliate (4-7-27 St Davis So on pt of Wt Bay). The blue Flo race Low thickly dotted beneath conspicuously. 10810 1-9-27 Verbena officinales L. European Vervain. Herb.-Pt-the-Cross. Middle Rd v So Rd, Low rugulous to touch be- neath. Not so much of Disposition & two pairs & stamens co in all Petio apices on ridges and prominent glands pubesc between. Fl. ataba v Calyx gland-pubes. Flo serule. 1-9-27 Musa Cavendishii, Lamb p 88 Chinese Dwarf Banana. So Rd Pistanto D. 2 members Rectangular 3 sided side flatness at top level- 5 notules. Cloved broadly rate piece in front, then v with hts at tip less than 1/2 as long as others. Stamina 5 as long as longst pistanta member, hisels with edges rolled inwards. These edges may be anther that has discharged pollen or stamens may be sterile. Pistil length & gament! Style thickish ridged. Stigma 3-cleft. Not indent whether this is Q or H but as remembered was near the lvo.