Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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Lvs from nearly trees thought to be the same. Freely bi-pinnate. Primary rachis up to 6cm (prob more) w/d 4 pairs 17to pinnal, secondary rachis and 4 per sessile flts. Stems and increasing in size from 3mm at base to 2 in a leaf. Stem ridges, leaf scars 3 lobed. Base of petiole swollen. Two petioles under side 1/2ft to 3/4th petiole Bimery rachis has sessile gland bet of 2 pairs of femur & secondary rachis, also sessile gland just below of 5 pair d flts. (Glands sometimes missing) Secondary rachis when young has subulate stipular projections at enlarged petiole base, all rachis seem as if intended to have terminal appendage which falls off mating. 2-17-27 Cebila lanceolata p 153 No 8th Rd. Fr. Inside. fleshy "pid" is bark member which app- aration 2 parts as in ell. 2-19-27 Ficus elastica, Box t p 102 Agri. Stst Lvs w/ds. Verrucae & mato- irus near margin making frider effect. Each fl rolled up in sheath & enclosing a sheath - at base of petiole 2 buds like thorns on which when cut slow formation of figs 7mm long. ? 2-19-27 Ficus bengalensis p 102 Banyan. Agri. Stst 2 sessile fl at base of each petiole, dark red/yellow dotted interior like fig 2-17-27 Musa - - - - - - p 88 But Bailey's Bay H.Sk Fl (pers tip only) picked up by way. All flower buds & fruit end near- end the tip Prb. Quite small trees Not on cards.