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3-29-29 Eltis mississippiensis.
Bee. Fl & & appearing with the
Tree at gate into banana patch across
the road from so end of Valley Way.
Sepals rotamens 5 or usually 6,
& fls at base of twig in clusters usually
3 (poss subdivided by fugacious bract)
some the uppermost in axil of fl.
& towards tip of twig 1-3 miles &
fl. Bud covered by enveloping scale.
Fl disciculates from peduncle
at top of peduncle. Stems large
vinecurved. The sepals & seems
somewhat flattened with 20 pps
petal sepal a little keeled.
Lvs olate, entire, long acuminate
glabrous. 3-nerved inequilateral
a base.
3-29-29 Laurocerasus caroliniana,
no male Bee. Fl from tree on Middle Rd just
west of Valley Way.
x
3-30-29
Quagra ceae. Fl found by Miss Day
from beach west of Warried
Camp. Undoubtedly from plants same
as P.R.K. found near Fort Royal Cove
3-20-27 and 3-28-29.
Fls yellow petals 4, 1/4 in long under
1/8 - 1/6 in, obvate, slightly emarginate
and irreg. crenate at tips. Stamens
& & stam (at least in bud) to be
equal, tho this is not all sure.
1 1/2 in wide diag. 1 1/4 in wide narrowest
measurement. Calyx whs, strongly
reflexed, almost 3/4 in (5/8 + in), the
projection at back of lips being 1/6 in
calyx tube 1 3/4 - 2 in beyond ovary.
Ovary 1 in long. Fl. solitary