Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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3-25-27 at Woodhaven. 1-25-27 about opp Englewood. Malvaceae milliss DC. Velvety Malvaceae p. 240 Pedicel 1/2 - 3 in long, tube 5-nerved. Calyx cylindrical 5 pointed deciduous 8-nerved subtended by involuce 8 8-9 oblinear segments very long Corolla 2oz nttled on it and 5 times fivred. 1/2 in long with stamen column extending along at 1 in more. Stamen column tipped with 5 points Styles 10 at top but united in most lengtha. Ovary 5 celled, each 1 ovule in each cell 2-27-27 Pollen grains loosely 1-25-27 Thunbergia erecta, T.Anders. Ruellia Thunbergia Woodhaven. Flo studied only fo 355- 1-22-27 Thunbergia grandiflora, Roxt or T. laxifolia Lindl. Bermudianas Hotal Gardens - flo only studied Exe again fo 355- 1-25-27 Woodhaven Corolla studied only. Vine-like effect with ascending shoots about 12 m bearing the inflorescence like our Vigna minor. Tube 5-nerved: Lunt 5-parted thus: 1 3/4 in diam. Segments funnels elegantly at throat with middle web membrane from center to clefts Pale violet. Stamens 5 attached at a. Thus led hairs outside anterior race like side Bowl scale shaped & filiform in which stipes changes from garden lavender diminishing milky secretions Style apicule shaped with the dichale ports at quadrated edge toppled with truncated cone stalks stiff white hairs. [illegible]