Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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Aoward lepo edged coriulant is finely wolly pubescent. X 4-29-29 Arvillea rotusta. Curr. p107 BMGC P 243. No fls fr. St. Geo. P.H. Lbs finely appressed pubescent beneath. X 4-29-29 Crinum asiaticum L. p 81 Fl only from table at Suez Plant Inn St. Geo. Drumth 0 1/4 fl. Scapes stalk some- what flattened 1 x 1/16 in. Pedicels stout also somewhat flattened 7/8 x 3/16 in. to 3in long. Plants tube 2in long, segments to 5 1/2 in long x 1/4 in wide. Buds opening later in loose bud seg. to 1 3/4 int 1/2 in (Lil shorter v broode) Fl white with mild red inside very faintly tinged pinkish green. Fl body wth withered when studied (except one petal from bud & where stamenous was pinkish.) This is possble C. asiaticum, L p 81, BMGC P 182. Tube straight. Note Crinum large white at Dry Cottage vst Duntlands vst Agri Ex was called "C. album" by Mr. Duncan & othrs. 4-28-29 Nottherodum fragrans, p108 p 70 Fl. St. Davids road to Ruttes Beach 4-29-29 Roadside opp. Seittal Pond. Cked. withered when studied. Seen also at Whitethall 4-29-29. Bulb in layers like onion, with many small bulbs around base. Lbs 10-20 in long, none wider than 3/4pin. Sepae 4 x 16in, hollow not ridged varugular (see unknown at Dunmylands 3-4-27 v2-27-29) Fls not more than 1/2 in wide.