Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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p.248 ? 4-13-27 Aferia Caffra, New London Tei Apple Agrost. & the only tree growing in shaded spots not yet felled. There, 1/2 m long field each year, sometimes one avenue north that are Elm trees. Tree near s. & c. of garden (2 real as spec east 9 bull pears) 4-14-27 Mangifera Indica, L Mng p 221. Agri Stat. (See FV RE-6.) Petals yellowish with deeper yellow redded at margins of centre. Field separate between trees of diola. Starknew one. 4-19-27 ?? Garcinia Livingstonei T austru Agri stat Tree east 3 bull pen near boats house almost covered with Guilandinae Crista. Lvs few at ends dapero prp? ob. Obovate 3 in long x 1/5 in wide, Climulate. Grey round & rather mucronate on retine. lve compate petiole thickly oclint (3/6 in) lvs firm, leathery, glabrous p. 247 see B.M.Q.C.D 502 v Le v M. Flo many in groups 1-18 issuing directly from stems each on peduncle 1/4 in long. Flo & and ♀. 3/6 inches greenish. Sepala 4 (sometimes 3) one off each smaller than other. Four more firmly fixed to receptacle than petals. Petals 5 - fl long 4 1/4 m long no claws but details from receptacle. Stamens filaments rising from depression in a cusion like disk. Filament slender same to anther length. Anthers relatively larger with ♀ or sterile. Top of evolution bare in flo but in ♀ bears sessile round ovary crowned with sessile petalate (slightly 2 lobed stigma) Ovary & style Ovary contains ovules in upper cellular part. Ovary wall stiles yellow sticky juice like juice. -2,