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4-28-29 Aleurites malaccana
Walld p 219 BM CP #53. Young fr vlf
St Dande Rd Bet Church Warf &
East End Wharf. "Buttermut". Same
as tree in St Geo P.H Europe fr
fruits like a walnut 1/2 in diam,
resiny stillete like top of petiole.
Shell about 5mm thick, cavity filled
with 1 large seed & 1 small endish-
ed one. Ovary evidently was 2-celled
with 1 oele in each cell.
5-2-29 Tetrapanax papyriferum frl
p 359 BM CP #59. To fl of h. Young plant
from enhancer to Longh Cottage sueler-
ed from larger plants. Large palnts
seen allevent at Denhanse to
Loverstone & elsewhere.
5-4-29 "Clivia miniata", Regel BM CP 181 as called by Mrs Wm Till at
Garden Club. Deep bearing fl,
which was desc 4-22-29 Dc for flattened
conv (S-edged. Spathe-valve or valves) in
fragmentary remains. Pedicel seem-
by 3 angled.
X
5-2-29 Cyperus rotundus, L p 475
Fl Muddlerd just west of Valley Way.
Fr tubers secured with spec But dese
of fls correct except that scales are
not acute but obtuse or truncate &
Sparceuly (20x) serramarginate (Prob. seem
serramarginate only as scale splits a
little on being opened freshly)
The green midrib ends in an acute
point slightly below the apex of scale.
Prob this is "nut grass" seen earlier
at Long Cottage.