Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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12-31-26 Crystolirillum punctatum, J. Life Plant, Floppers p.59. Flark &nd [illegible]d. No [illegible] round lip "metal lining reddish. Dark spathic centre", many tro. som. 1-31-27 Numerous compound tro flowered. 2-3-27 Flo fully opened. 12-31-26 Triumfetta semitilloba, Jaq. Burr Bush. p. 251. Bud, fl & fr. Mt. Fla., W.Sud & trop. Ather. "Islands" below stamens not noted. Four flower examined had each 10 stamens, 2 had 13 stamens 12-31-26 Connelina longicaulis, Jaq. Creeping Day-Flower. Old Salem. Redas p.63 Not. South East & S. West Sud & trop. Am. Rustling at nodes. 1 fl had 3 perfect & 2 imp stamens, 1 fl had 2 perfect & 1 imp & stamen 12-31-26 Frigeron Darrellianus, Nemeley p.93 Darrelle Flabane. Running in wall. Note pistils about 1/4 long & thence not seeming "longer than diameter of disk" see p.386 H.B.K. 12-31-26 Cardiospermum microcarpum, Small-fruited Balloon-Vine p.226. Specimen exactly like all and corresponds to 2 subdivided stamens but fls for following irregularities. # 1 totals 4+0, stamens -- me either being on sepals, filaments legary, & stamenlike extra roots hairy & yellow too. Stigma 3 parted & fuzzy? # 2 similar to above as to "extras" 1-18-27 But Shark's Hill Walsingham Fl & fr. Seeds and flattened calyx as as for make polymale defect. Dark brown large white spot form more end. # 3 4 actual lobes, 4 perfect lobes inside 20 petals 2 smaller ones total tike members & inside this into the "extras" as in # 1. Stamens X Pedunculus. 1-25-26 Fr Arms downwardly twisted achene shortly reversed? twisted. Achene of slight & rather tendency to be 3-sided