Yes it is *Limnophilla heterophylla* Garg ji, Might be you remember this plant is also we collected from Jokha mashes with polymorphic leaves.
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 7:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > > Page 762 and 763 of "Bengal Plants" describe *Limnophila*, the links are - > > - > > http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n103_w1150.jpg > - > > http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n104_w1150.jpg > > Could this be *Limnophila cana*? > Regards, > surajit > > I think L. heterophylla > Regards > Giby > > Thank you Giby Sir. > Also received an earlier personal email suggesting ID as *L. heterophylla*, > but - > > Description of *L. heterophylla* in 1) F. B. I. iv. 270. and 2) Bengal > Plants ii. 763. informs :- > > - stem always glabrous > - uppermost leaves (the 2 uppermost) usually opposite, ... the next > below 4-6 nately whorled pinnate, the lowest submerged long > capillaceo-multifid > > I think my species lacks the above features. > Description of *L. heterophylla* in > FoC<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020697>states > :- > > - aerial stem with sessile glands or pilose or nearly smooth and > glabrous..... > - (in) rice-fields, brackish water.... > > I am not sure if my species is pilose or hirsute, the later being a > feature of *L. cana* > * > *There is a post of *L. heterophylla* in our group - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/veCSBUpgrqw/discussion, > but in *L. heterophylla* flowers are > sessile<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/7Yl1XueaIf8/discussion>or > subsessile. > > Regards, > surajit > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 23 December 2012 23:13 > Subject: [efloraofindia:141206] Limnophila sp. Hooghly > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir, > > This is *Limnophila* sp., found in a marsh beside railway-tracks, > yesterday. It is still unclear to me which species of the "Bengal Plants" > it might be :- > > - > > http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n103_w1150.jpg > - > > http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n104_w1150.jpg > - > > http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n105_w1150.jpg > > Thank you, > > Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & > 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > > > > -- Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, Research Student, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. 07507013607 --
