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"Very collected shrub with practically
no trunk but long to 10 ft drooping
branches (Perhaps var reflexa, Rk?)
Char as underlined. Very pub this.
Collected also 4-11-29.
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5-11-29 Origanum Marjorana, L p331
= Marjoram hortensis, Moench B.MJCP.
650 FL from Niles's garden. Lvs to 1/4 x 7/8
in. Dupl compound, the terminating
in what looks like cluster of little
green scaly lvs. These lvs scales
are the sub-orbicular nut-kinding
fracts. Calyx is much like the bract
(twisted the other way up) having no
under lip at all. Corolla white, flatter-
elasit peeps out bet. Calyx v black.
The five lobes almost equal but
the 2 upper erect while the other 3
lower forming the lower lip are
spreading. Stamens with white
filaments v anthers exerted usually
at sinus bet. upper v lower lip inces-
ing the flattened effect.
5-7-29 Psychotria liquastrispa, Millsp
p 363. Buks Poget Marsh
5-6-29 Hibiscus
FL Mayflower "from seeds imported
for Hawaii" says Mr Cox. FL yellow but
not studied till faded. St. gray v
smooth. Lvs firmer, broader, less
sharply notched, less pointed at
each end than those of H. rosa-
sinensis collected 5-11-29 outside
kitchen door of B.V. Lvs broadly olate
to 3 x 2 1/2 in., firm, glabrous but not
shining above. Same color beneath
v glabrous except for occasional
starry pubescence on veins beneath
(the same sort of pubescence seen on