Satish Sir, In the first glance it appeared to me that those two were different plants. The one with much leaves is growing in a shady area while the other, with few leaves is growing on the margin of an open playground.
Bengal Plants<http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n214_w1150.jpg>describes :- (i) leaves opposite and alternate mixed; spikes in terminal panicles as well as axillary ------- *A. scandens* Wall. (a climbing undershrub; Behar; Chota Nagpur) (ii) leaves all alternate; spikes all axillary, fascicled ------ *A. lanata* Juss. (an erect or prostrate undershrub; Behar; E. Bengal) (iii) leaves filiform in opposite fascicles; spikes peduncled ----- *A. monsonia* Mart. (a much branched herb in West Bengal; Chota Nagpur) "Flora Indica" describes, "Annual, erect, ramous, woolly...... spikes crowded, ..... a stout hardy annual plant.... leaves alternate, petioled, roundish,.... size very various....." Thank you, Regards, surajit On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Inflorescence is slightly different on gross appearance but not aware of > any info. more than this. > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:01 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> I think all pictures are of the same species and the species might be *Aerua >> lanata* Juss. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8225543> of the Bengal >> Plants. >> ID Help : >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/aerva/aerva-lanata >> >> Thank you, >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
