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4-15-29 Emilia flammea, Carr
Fl. Agri Stat. B.M. C.P. 783. Stem spect
of plant in globochitat. is sparsely
only hairs on branches
on a new shoot noticeable ad. Lvs
glabrous, lacinulate. Pappus
pure white bristle slightly toothed.
4-23-29 Pompadour Gate: Umbel about
the golden-yellow "form.
x 3
4-15-29 Lobelia Erinus, L. P. 377, B.M. C.P.
446. Fl. Agri. Stat. border by greenhouse.
Sapmiller. Plant lobed glabrous, but
there are sparse straight white,
spreading hairs on angles of st, on
edges of lvs & on edges of upper cor.
& lower lobe. In green above, purple
beneath lower lf. vrate 1/2 x 7/8 in., very
toothed the huts blunt but imbeculate
open. Stunt base narrowed to 1/4 in.
ringed petiole. Upperlo lanceolate
2 1/4 x 7/8 in, sinuate low toothed
& almost entire. Fl on peduncles
very slender 3 in. Calyx lobes complanate &
spreading 1/2-5/8 in. longer than
corolla tube which is 3/4 in., sometimes
as long as corolla to apex lower lobe.
Corolla clear blue with white center.
The 3 lower lobes about same size & the
middle one a trifle narrower, the
2 upper lobes very narrow & spur like,
ciliate. Stamens tube hairy on top at
back (where it curves forming a hood)
not hairy in front but the 2 anterior
anthers with upright stiff hairs
at top which the other anthers
don't have. Stigma a purple cone
split in halves with a ring
of hairs at base.