Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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3-lobed Pz. salmon red, lighter colored toward base not stippled down H. vitatum. 4-17-29 "Asterias Bermuda native" labeled Mrs. Dec [illegible] G. andavensis B.M.Q.P. 197. Mr. F.W. Fox says A. revert to this form in Bermuda, Agri. Ex. This frequently observed at Mrs. Simples, Miss Woods, Valenciera, Miss Wood thinks divergence takes place without means aided. 4-17-29 "Lainum grandiflorum" Def. labeled Agri. Ex. dark red spots at base of each red petal makes definite circle in center. I.H. B.M.Q.P. #40 upper lvs in infl definitely elbte as those ones are not. 4-17-29 "Trachymene" labeled Agri Ex. = T. caerulea, P. Melane B.M.Q.P. 562 [illegible] (Head of stud). Lvs suggest oregeranium in general shape. St. lvs involute, peltate, pedicels, peduncles v.f. (at early stage) gland - pubescent. Fl. are brown in early stages, flattened radially with fl. head v very effective. 4-17-29 "Verbena eriocoida" labeled Agri Stud Ex. Fl. about stud. Tall slender. Lvs on st. sessile, deeply H- pinnatifid into narrowly linear seg. (suggests cramoi) gardens F-I. elongating spikes the part in fl. globular. Purple with white at throat. Stamens just visible in throat. Corolla tube almost straight. From inner part of fl st. 1/2"in apart. See B.M.Q.P. C78 cat V. Veronae v V. eriocoides. Lams. T3/F=J.B. 311 4-17-29 Verbena bona - fensis p.311 in wild fl collections [illegible]. 4-17-29 V. rigida Spring p.311 in wild fl collection v. otherwise [illegible] stated. 4-23-29 Woodley "Verbena venosa" by Miss Wood.