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3-21-29 Pedilanthus tithymaloides,
Port 2214 v B.M] C.P. 454. Fl. Age: St.
P. west office. Mid-rib very distinctly
volarly keeled (compared with
P. laetifolius growing nearby) but not
noticeably dentate. Indented
Hottled white (reddish blotches may
be disease). Envolucres in dense
heads, bright red. Each involucere
1/2 in long; dentation ciliate on some
parts of margin. Some panthers ciliate
3-21-24 "Dombeya Wallichii = Pink Bell
Madagascar." Labeled. Age: St.
Open space 20 east of dwelling. Fl. young
No. See 7/5-7/28/1927 and B.M] C.P. 448
Fl. at axillary, unspend on long peduncle
Lvs 7-veined, very heart shaped, slight-
ly 3-lobed, pubescent, bronze color.
(For young growth)
Pedicels, sepals v capsule densely, rusty
stellate pubescent. Capsule 1/2 in.
high. 5-angled loculicidally delinquent
into 5 valves. Cells seem 2-celled or
possibly in some cells more than 2.
Inflorescence unspend not a
dense head? Sluit perhaps 5 ft high.
3-21-29 Achnina grandiflora, F. Meyer
p 295 v B.M] C.P. 605. Hedge in front of
King Edward Hospital. Fl. Style short
2mm. Lint of corolla thus:
Tube hairy inside.
Pollen white, smooth
adhesion, amounts spherical
(84x) Corolla lobes overlaps clockwise
in bud with the straighter edge
outside.