Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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"rather than spikes as each fl\noral part pedicled. At base of each\npedicle 3 bracts." 2-4-27 Brassica integrifolia, D.E.Solmsy\nWild Mustard p151 Somerset. Pods not far\nenough advanced yet like all. Leaves\nso large, light green in flower. Mid rib broad\n& white. Whole plant stations light green\n"Eng Mustard" by owner. 3-12-27 Head of\nLand. "Eng Mustard" as desc above. 2-4-27 Tree like cabbage on tall stalks\nLorway fern colour green. Veins\nprominently white. Petiole margined\nat base & lower part of blade turned\nupon ears making pyrate effect.\nMr Leseur says it "green globe Cabbage"\nforms large heads when cut out from\naproto, but not from seeds. 2-2-27 Crepis japonica, Renth p 380\nJapanese Hawkweed.\nAchene 1/2 mm long. Involucre\n5-6mm. Bracts 8. Lower part of\nattn & petioles of lower brs sparsely birsute also opens on back of lvs.\nUpper part of plant glabrous. 2-7-27 Salvia splendens, Sellow\nScarlet Salvia p 326. Garden Mrs Doe\nCalyx oscar & slightly modified entire\nacuminate above left 2 pointed\nThe 702 & tube strictly ciliate\nCordla scarlet. Exterior pubescent\ninterior blotched white & tinged\nat one side with veins to petiole\ncarpels on same side 4 nutlets very\nslight. (Fluscens in n 4 fls all from\nsame plant. Petioles purple. Flo opposite. and rough on tops. 2-7-27 Salvia ianthina, Oth v Dietr\nLarge Purple Salvia. Calyx pubescent but\nless deeply white. Bashe bractiolas\nglandulose as above. Flo in\nsets of 3 on opp side Petioles.