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"Latania glaucophylla" as per label Palm. St. Georges Public Garden. Fan lvs 3 ft diam, glaucous green with veins showing plainly as fine yellowish lines. Midrib below & petiole (leaf in younger lvs) strongly scaly as this disease.
"Washingtonia robusta" as per label. Public Garden St. Georges. See B.M.G.C.P. 137 evidently W. felifera, Hendr var. robusta. Parish nce. 1956.
x Set. 2 upper primary divisions; i.e. at tip of rachis.
2-3-29 Leucana glauca, Bentl p169 Jumbie Bean. St. Georges & F.Lvrs. 3-23-29 Spanish Point Region. F.l. leaves have tracts between which extend into somewhat salver form perhaps remaining. Pennington at Spanish Point also x
1-29-29 Dolichos lablab, L. Hyacinth Bean p185 v B.M.G.C.P. 399. Southern slope & Paynters Hill F.Lvs for. Pods 2 1/4 in x 7/8-3/4 in wide x 7/8in thick - hence not really flat. Seed &ins long somewhat compressed but not flat. Reddish below. (See 3-13-29) Fl white or at least not purple.
3-2-29 Antigonum lefebvrei, HVA. p114 v B.M.G.C.P. 245. Carallita. Public Garden St. Georges. F.Lvs. Ucreae not indist lvs lobes undulate not strictly entire. Filaments united in ring at base with small teeth projecting upward bet. each two filaments. Mealachine folded & convoluted like brain.
x at Mitchell St. Georges 1/29-3/2-1929 Rivina humilis, L. Rouge Plant p122 v B.M.G.C.P. 256 [Ridley] St. Georges within Ebenezer Church or Public Garden but perhaps elsewhere Fl. 4-27-29 F.Lvs at Mitchell where no doubt the 3/29 sps was found. Stamens of pink under very fine grey & black hairy ascending pedicels reflexed as fr. forms.