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p.168 Not in B.M.J.C.P.
3-21-29 "Chrysobalanus
pellocarpus" labeled Agri.Station
no.5 entrance to dwelling.
Shrub 2 1/2 ft. Fr. L.vlt. about 2 1/4 x 1 1/2
in. entire, very thick variety, glabrous
dark green shining abovt., pale
belot. Apex rounded, narrowed
at base, petiole 1/2 in. stipe May. 8
20X shows dense reticulation of
whitish veins, looking like mosaic
below. Densipfe fr. 1/4 in x 1/4 in, drupe
with thin corning, red ascending.
But ovary looks inferior as there
is flat circular mark at apex with
remains of style in center.
Pedicel bears marks of 2 small
bracts (not opp.) but no sign of calyx.
Pedicel slightly hairy. Seed splits
into 2 lobes.
Without the label I would have
thought this perhaps.
Raphiolepis integerrima, Hoke & Lan
dee p.160 in B.M.J.C.P.377 which is
dece 4-15-29.
3-21-29 Aelimeae polytachya, Mez.
Fl.Aagri.Station.p.666 in B.M.J.C.P.145.
# Descg 2-15-27 applies. Fl.bracts (if
by that is meant and pointed probit
in which fl.sits) is by no means
exceeding the calyx neither are
they minute. These bracts are not
clearly distinct from rachis but
appear as swellings in skin of
the thick rachis alt but overleaping
tthere: i.e. the one on left side is below
brpsof one on right side. Bract is
1/4 in high. Calyx protrudes with
ovary below protrudes 1/2 in above
it. Bract vel calyx bright red, Corola
flucial protrudes beyond Calyx.