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Catalogue of Plants in Spirits. June /42/

1510 — Hollies. Maer. showing abortive stamens & germens from diff trees.— Maer June 42. v. notes

1511. Twig of Hornbeam showing the two pistils united & one shorter than other v. notes Maer

1512 Geranium pyrenaicum showing all or part of stamens abortive. Camphill v. notes — some in proper condition for comparison.=

1513 Viola canina with upper petals partially abortive — growing on rather exposed bank, rather stunted in growth & rather late in Flower June 5th /42/. — could only find one no notes. — both bright blue colour

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1519 & 1522 Bladder nut (?) Maer — petal turning into anthers & other monstrosities. — v. notes

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1520— Thyme with abortive anthers (Maer June 8 /42/) moved from Pump to Garden door last year. — on most of the twigs there is one or two flowers in which the upper & more upright division of stigma (I suspect in all the 2 divisions of stigma is more equal than in normal state) is either deeply notched or quite divided, in which case stigma consists of three quite equal divisions.— (no other notes)

1521. Maer June /42/ Red Horse-chesnut— showing tendency become double—

1523 Maer (do) The feather Hyacinth imported several years ago to Maer by Elizabeth from Italy, for comparison with cultivated kind. —

1524 Shrewsbury July /42/ Linum flavum with short pistils of smaller size & larger stamens than in other flowers.