Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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"globose except for very rough edges. Tricolored green, mid-rib prominent below; ligule a fringe of white hairs. 4-29-29 Fr. Tree in St. Maris Cliff overlooking the seawall seems to be very much the same as a tree at Whitelally East wall. 1/2 pinnate, lfts oval, ls 3 x 1 1/2 in., globose, entire, tip not narrow but rounded at apex, base rounded. Fr.a 1-celled flat pod, 2 3/4-2 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in., margins flatly winged, containing 1 flat bean shaped seed 1/2 x 1/4 in. Dark stalk and a brown mucilaginous substance. Tree at St. Maris is the one P. remembers as called "Salsola of Peru" by Gardner. 3-8-27. Lfts 9 (pairs of aps). Vein-parallel, enlarged at base. Petiolets 3 1/6 in. Pod narrowed to acute apex vs longer narrowed to acute base. 4-25-29 Maranta arundinacea, L. #88 B.M. & C.P. 207 Rotev young plant from field (recently harvested) moved to Rutto Beach St. Davids. It from horizontal scaly root stock (some root stocks collected in barrels evidently for replanting). Lfs 6 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in. Plicate mostly sheathing with sheath 2 l lobes at top. From leaf blade extends free part of petiole 1/2 in. to an articulation above which is 3/8 in more petiole to base of blade. Sheathing all these parts pubescent, the upper side of leaf less so. 4-29-29 Nura cuspidata, L p 219 at Whitelall St. Geo. P.H. had lost all leaves Feb 2. Remains this nearly articulate blunt at apex 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in show the strong pinnate venning. Lower dentate on edges, cordate at base. 2 glands at with 3 petiolate blade stalked at