Very good post Dr Satish Phadke
On 2 August 2013 21:08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Endemic to Maharashtra, the scapigerous *Dipcadi saxorum* was described > by Father Ethelbert Blatter from the rocky plateaus atop the Buddhist > rock-cut Kanheri Caves within Borivali National Park, North Mumbai. These > basalt uplands are studded with the flowering scapes of this herb in the > monsoon. > > The flowers are quite small at about 1.2 cm in length and the pedicel is > around 0.6 cm long. The pea-sized fruits are 3-lobed; having examined a > number of these capsules, I've noticed that each cell bears 6-7 seeds > unlike Blatter's description - "cells 5-seeded". Have attached a scan of > the original description from a paper by Ethelbert Blatter & Charles McCann > - Some new species of plants from the Western Ghats (1928), Journal of the > Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 32, p. 736. > > Photographed in the type locality of this herb on an overcast morning last > week. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
