Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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3-2-29 X #178 St. Georges Public Garden 20 west corner. Bush left with curly bark in ridges "from firm in Florida" says Mr. Swanson. Fr. Twigs densely covered with rust, from hair variety. Ld alt. growing larger branch end of twig to 4in x 1/3pin. Blossoms late, apoclyrous, base narrowed. Petals 2-3 mm v hairy liberation of thin but fine glabrosa, somewhat repand. Fr in umbellopsa lf. Peduncle in pedicels 1/4 pin. Fil like dark colored berries 1/4 in diam (13 in umbell in one case counted) When cut along no seed n seed husk. nse. No sign of calyx at stem end & only faintest suggestion at other end. The white-yellowed skin can be removed leaving inside with indented mark around middle (this mark seems to indicate no division into lobes further in) This whit-yellow exter on removal falls yellow fibres not inside which had extended from circumference towards centre. leaving a white anomalous pock- like centre divided somewhat by re- moral of fibers. 3-2-29 "Eriodendron anfractuosum" as per label. St. Georges Public Garden Trimm'd close to top 20 ft. Twigs varies greatly in diam bulging & contracting. Bark smooth grayish brown (color of Oberonite Fitch 1928 suit) broken in vertical lines showing green with light green at tips in centre. No joints staved. 3-2-29 "Cordia nitida" as per label Tree St. Georges Public Garden. Not likes C. Sebastena.