Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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2-19-27 Rhoeo discolor, Hance, Cystic Plant #64 Dilegoda garden. Fls bracketed in clusters inside two large purple bracts. Fls include (whitish artics & brown). Sepala 3, petals 3, stamina 6, filamenty 2 mm long, tufted at base with mucilagenous hairs (as long as filament) so construst Fls to look (20 x 84x) like a straw heada anthers semi-circular thns: the pollen sacs forming arc & perfectly the connective yellow. Ovary superior, alasele. 3 celled for [illegible] 1 ovule in each cell. Style ? 2-16-27 Psychotria liquitri folia, Dolly Wild Coffee, p 363 Page # Thale. No fls rfts. Dec v ill. Fets. 2-23-27 Fr jungle Wolsingham fts ill diese. Frzeens to be 2-3 on the fets. Seeds ridged or curl surface. Calyx practically envlop. one over it. 4-19-27 Ff set Mount Budo whistle spined armilly & in jungle, brittle berry lying at base of fls. ?2-26-27 Yucca aloifolig, L Spanish Bayonet #75. By Mrs. Thelma on the so-called Stickley style whi? Drill or Plants very common in local for soil. Frndly leaves wrinkled looking like slender butternut leafs. leaves are 5 celled (possible yellow strond) this seeds packed closely in cella