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"5-6-29 Cestrum nocturnum L p1061
Red Mayflower. Called "Night-flowering
Jasmine" by Mrs Cox. St (upper) 2in.
Light green, not angular tho a little
brittle; V not perfectly straight; hts
7 x 1/2-1 3/4
lbs to 1/2 in. lanceolate, acute or
acuminate, entire, tapering or
Petioles 5mm in len.
rounded at base; Fls "yellowish,
very fragrant at night" in short
axillary panicles. Floral pedicls
on pedicels 1/4 in or less. Calyx tubular
1/2in Calyx 5-lobed (the teeth varying
relative
size, incl diff). Each fl subtended
by narrow bract about the length
of calyx. Corolla tube in bud 1/2 in,
shortly 5-lobed, the lobes in bud valvate
with the edges folded inward at rt.
angles. Stamens 5 alt with corolla
lobes, inserted on tube; each filament
having a little upward projecting
tooth or inside at opposite where
the filament become free of corolla.
(filaments very strong but aduate
to corolla to base) Anthers very
definitely tuberculate (20%). Stigma
capitate under than the slender
style. Ovary 2-celled. Pos. C. Parqui:
1/2 lbs in B.M. CP c61. This fls has lobed
from outside. 5-10-29 Same obsrv-in
bud at Southlands upper quarry.
f:9-29
"Musican Sunflower" by Wollon Smith &
Thos. Southlands F.R. A shrub or
half perennial to 7-10 ft. Very frequent
in garden "Floryellons." St. glandulosa
dotted; densely white hairy. Hairs
spreading & woolly, rooted having
at globose. Lvs alt with large
flaccuous stipules. Petiols 3/4 in
high x 1 in thick, dense more less
slimy but flattened at base, attached
partly on petiole & partly on st.