Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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stigma dorsola slightly notched at apex. 3-26-29 X Linaria Fl. Dry Cottage. See B.M.J.C.P. 675. Quite glabrous. Ped about 1/2 ft high. Lvs linear, concave above, to 2 3/4 x 1/2 in (major col upper part only), smaller on branches. Infl a raceme. Pedicels 6-9 mm. Calyx about 5mm, teeth slightly pointed. Spur 15 mm long. Corolla 10 mm. Pedicel outleaved by linear bract about 4mm rose tinged at base or edges and sparsely glandular ciliate, calyx lobes similar. Corolla lavender pink to almost white, bright burnt orange line spotted across fl., shading to yellow along the ridges (esp. forward). Corolla postercent beaded on edges smooth esp. lower edge and with beaded lines extending from tip of lower jaw down throat. Throat otherwise whitish as is spur. Spur straight and (2 days after picking) oblique or almost horizontal to st. Corolla 15 mm across backed front, the upper lip 2 parted fide depth 5mm, lower lip about half as deeply 3 notched. Base of filaments & style slightly hairy. Base of style very slightly glandular pubescent. Stigma consists of 2 upright horns. This corresp with more species (see perhaps L. K. parviflora but spur is straight and 1 1/2 as long as rest of corolla). Calyx deeply transversely ridged. Young and old pods slightly enlarged at top with side like mark prominent