Field notebooks : Bermuda, 1926-1929
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either C. geniculata Millep? Chase n. C. viridis Scribn p 22-23. Plant 2ft 4in tall 5-14-29 Arena sativa L. p 29 Field in Middle Rd just west of Mrs Switters. 5-14-29 Holcus halipensis L. foll by BM CP 108 Byditch, Middle Rd just east of Valley Way. Fl not quite open but no anthers visible. Heads has very much the general appearance of Junbeave Dermolus Marsh 5-13-29 in white mid-set, labeled beneath, many ped. Fl veins & plant purplish toward base But nodes glabrous (not densely hairy as 5-13) and ligule (not a ring of hairs as dere 5-13) but the glabrous inside is long hairy on backs, the hairs projecting above top (perhaps 5-13-29 were a mistake). If blade very hairy jutator ligule. 5-16-29 Tabernaemontana cornaria, wild p 294. BM C.P. 606 BY garden name as T-25 # 1927. But which is difficult to study because I copies milk. This so far better than Huter called bar derica. Fl terminal often 2 flowers long bearing arising from same point to 2 in or less. Top of long bare leaf scars only. Fl opposite 3-4 together on short thick pedicels which are small bracted or almost acutal. Calyx about its base not definitely marked from top of pedical glob, the inside at base bearing 15-20 scales (yess glands). Corolla white, double lobes convolute & distinct from bud.