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p 358 BMGCP 532
4-10-29 Lagerstroemia indica L.
"Queen of Shrubs" Label'd Par-la-Ville.
Has trunk smooth brown bark at
little like all spices but not mottled.
[Shrubs] flower generally at this time
are putting out new las & shoots
the new shoots being red v 4-
winged are Penicillaria grandiflora
with long coriaceous leaves over them
Lagerstroemia indica.
X
4-10-29 Delpinium Apiceis L.
p 140v B.M.G.C.P 283 Fl 1/2 at Phoenix
Drug Store. Fl pink or white very
double. The 2 posterior petals united
at base with their 2 spurs enclosed
in a spur of anterior petal [6] the
other petals united by their claws
into 3 pairs v 15 free petals ]*
Follicles 3 pubescent. Stamens 11
[follicle 2 bear connective
projected in white tip. Stamens
have filaments expanded below
* Ellis in case of 1 fl. others diff in number
of parts] sepals & petals as fly downy
toward base but not "bearded"
9-31-29 Lilium longiflorum, Thunb.
p 71v B.M.G.C.P 55 Fl from the bouquet.
Anther attached at the middle of the back
versatile but after pollen sacs open
the anther stands erect the filament
slightly clasped bet. the turned back
anther valves. Filaments broadened
& flattened toward base. Pollen grains
oblong adhesive in masses.
4-6-29 Ammi majus L p 377 Rd
near Pot Royal Cove. Fl Note each umbel
let distinct so that as one lobe at fl-
head not so close to each other as
to merge as in some Umbelliferae.