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deeper and separated from the
other 4, just possibly L. Brownii,
Car. BMJCP 726. Ovary 3-celled.
3-28-29 Paidium Battleyanum,
Southlands. Called
"guava" by Mr. Morgan p263v BMJCP
538. Aren twigs closely pubescent.
2 scales on them, very young twiggy
from the thin edge of calyx lobes
ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Calyx
lobes petals 5 in 2 buds studied.
Ovary 3-celled, 5-9-29 Fl Southlands
4-11-29 Southlands, shrub 4ft. Trunk brown
smooth not unlike Pimenta.
3-28-29
Mrs. Allen Smith saw the same fl.
like plant found in seed in
Jan. v pressed is "Mexican Dew"
flowers.
N: Cleas exoticae Mullays p 202 BMJCP444
"Citronella a Bartdoschanel," a shrub
pointed out by Mrs. Allen Smith.
(Could this be L. of the microniera Solms, p3/2)
Not collected, no see 4-11-29
"Erect" 4-11-29 Twig from some shrub
(assumed broad) collected No fls or fr.
Shrub not more than 5 ft of that. Bark
pale. Twigs slender, green, rough
with warts, pubescent with short tips,
card arching hairs. Lvsalt to 3-28-29
1¾" x½" in, broadly obovate, cuneate at base,
rounded above middle the upper part very
indistinctly crenulate, the lower entire
acute at a apex but the very tip is blunt
glabrous above, minutely pubescent
beneath (reviewed on 20k) of glands
dots on both sides of limns. Color ?
crenulated fl not very strong. 5-9-29
Same plant, of light green in sun with
color.(Is this the same as seen at
Harrington House 4-25-29 which Mrs.
Tuggdesk as having edible fruit berries)
see 5-13-29. Lvs alt., pinnate with 5 more
alternate, which are all sprue appearance,
see pbs.
3-28-29
Southlands No fls or fr. Low edging plant
grey with spody brownish. Right lts
stems with red alt branches very long.
Lvs thick almost brittle, largest at apex
alt and seemingly 4-15-20
very close together.