Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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"Filaments seem adherent in pairs at short distance 9-2-27 Dermolus Cliff, upper prm long inb?, small dip subtendo varsio in- ride corolla 1-12-27 Tropaeolum majus. L. Garden Hortusium. p. 198 Style 3-cleft 1-12-27 Ranunculus muricatus. L. Spiny-fruited Croft + Antisones Rainbowland (Extrors) Petals only slightly longer than calyx. Calyx lobes reflexed. Druition 5-6v fr. head seem to resemble this diffi- ntly R. muricatus v not R. fraxinifl. Florus. ? 1-13-27 Ixora: coccinea. L. From Miss Valentine from Mrs Smithie en route to Elms Beach. Rural. semit fls. Lo. of sp. 2¼ in - 2¾ in x ½ in obovate, scarolate, almost sessile pemis arranged in a rounded g? Ft. 14 fims prof. evergreen. Entire. Fls an terminal clusters on offed sets 9 three times. ? ? ? calyx ¼" campanulate, 4 toothd. Quasy-spicate calyx and evident adherent. Corolla adiver from slender tube almost 1 in, limb deeply cut into 4 elliptical-obovate lobes pointed 1 in across. Stamens 4. Red filaments very short lying flat an amuse g leto. Entire 2 or 3 times as long as filament. Stigma 2 lobed But this could be Rodekia dunda p. 36 Mrs V. reports that he Ixora but D. maschitjissa p. 370 is close with 5 lobed to corolla as so Also Ixora coccinea p. 369 pth units 3-8-27 St Maris Cloudy, C. Lo. to 3½ in. Cyme sessile between 2 bro branching.? Camulate adpule at each pair of loe