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5-14-29
Nbr no side of Middle Rd but Valley way
& place where Privet grows & ancient
& Indian, reddish, glabrous below &
beautiful above, slightly flattened
very loosely roundly sampled.
2 opp stipulate bases of petals
forming a very low ridge around at.
ln 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in (Perhaps larger below
as only tip was collected, acuminate,
broadest almost at the truncate or
subentate base, soft somewhat
hairy edges reddish [20x] & glute
Dark greenator, beneath lighter v
with illusious purplish cast as to veins
(the there are not purple [20x]) Petiole
1 3/4 in[if measured] Perhaps Michelia
jalapap p 128. No signs of black dots
beneath to make it Bescharnea
erecta p 124 Rest under side
(70x) almost minute light green
fleckings [?] or something like elongated
granules which can be plainly
seen embedded in the tissue when
the outside skin is torn away.
These flecking have indefinite arrange-
ment but seem to practically diffuse
directions. Mr. Nunn says Michelia Jalapa"
5-14-29 Ypomoea dissectata, Pursh p 302
N. Middle Rd no side of pp Portuguese
Home short distance west of Valley Way.
?
5-17-29 Hamelia erecta, Jaeg p 370
= H. fruticosa frutens. Jaeg. BM CF 25"
Red Caps that labeled one of these
manles (see earlier). Short 5 ft
ln in whorls 3's, largest or short
collected 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. Petioles 3/8-1/2 in,
reddish as are young stems, midrib
frowned above & beneath and