Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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2-21-29 Mariscus farnaceus, Bttn p 54. Porot Marsh Fr mostly fallen but a few remaining. Farmer says this is excellent bedding palases. 2-22-29 Solanum nigrium, L p 336 3 in high in fr. growing as well at corner rd set from Currance & Middle Rd. 2-22-29 Suriana maritima, L p 203 South Shore Cliffs. 10 stamens. 2-25-29 Tolufera perifera, B&l p 84 at Marble Cliff yard. Tree overhanging wall no side of rd. Remembers as same tree there & 3-8-27 called by gardener "Balsam of Peru" in spite of note on card. Fr. Prd 1/4 to 2 sections each about 1/2 x 1 in. Habitus indelincet. Margins & connection bet sections thic & wing- like. Bean-like seed 3/8 x 7/6 x 1/2 gm, Tan colored, more yellowish inside. Lev alt. odd pinnate. Lfts 9 x 2 3/4 x 1 in, petioles 5/8 in Lfts 9, ovate entire, acumminate at end but tip blunt, rounded at base, glabrous, yellowish set. the green reticulate veina No abpule englands 2-21-29 Sambucus intermedia, Sav p 371 Fl. Netwoods. The sessile stigma seems certainly more than 3 lobed. Margin of varico indist. 2-21-29 Cirsus sicyoides, L No fr. Porot Marshall 229