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Bot Zeitung No 3 1876

Botanische Miscellaneen, von 'D' Ernest in Carácas

p 35 Calliandra saman a long pretty "corpulent" tree with a trunk 15 zoll in diameter & a wide spreading crown of branches. In April the young leaves are being developed so that the    is very visible though

36 During the whole day one sa says a fine rain of spray even during in the driest atmosphere so that the ground (clay) was clearly damp

It diminished with the growth of the leaves and ultimately ceased altogether. Secreted by glands in the stalk — He does not say it is sweet —

p 36 Dimorphic

Bernouilli said (Bot Zeit 1869) that the coffee was dimorphic. He Ernst has carefully sought for the little flowers which Bernouilli says are alone fertile but cannot find them. But the normal big flowers are fertile, proterandrons & visited by insects