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1-24-29 Badx &
Wood Haven, shrub ? to 5 ft. & rose pp.
(in one case) 9/8 x 4 3/4 in. Petals in 2 forts to oval rounded & current at base,
sheeply valently acuminate at apex
almost entire, dark s? green above, light
below (with each dot 20x) beneath, glab-
rous except for very abfist pubescence
or veins beneath.
Flowering raceme 4-5 in long
each fl. with pedicel & 1/4 in subtended
by very small bracts. Calyx very small
red with 5 acute lobes, no more than 3/8 in
overall. Corolla bright red, slender
tube 1 in long enlarging somewhat
above middle, limbs 2 medium, 2 flutes
about & 3/8 in deep, the upper being narrower
shallowly divided than the other 3 which
are equal. Stamens 2, included, one
with very short filaments inserted on
upper part of tube anteriorly with two
staminodes posteriorly (in several
fls. three stamodes were well devel-
ped stamen & but one in anthecisac only).
Style slender about as long as tube. Ovary
part superior but difficult to see at
this stage. Inside of Corolla glandular
paposeccat (stalked glands) giving crystal-line effect. Color shape of ft individed
fl (except for narrow under Corolla tube) much
like fls. Rusellia equisetifolia
Could this be B.M. C.P. # 902 Odontonema
strictum, Kunze (Notus s. 68 H & 74 F?)
2-14-29 "Graptoleylum pictum";
Biff. Agas Station but R questions this