Dear Prashant, I really don’t know about Dopatrium lobelioides. I’ve seen Shrikant’s book and there he states that the capsules are globose and that flowering is in December. While flowering can be erratic, capsules cannot be a different shape. The capsules I saw are clearly ellipsoid with a tail at the end. BSI’s Fl of Maharashtra gives a short description and states the capsules are oblong but in the key to the species it says the capsules are globose.
In Dr Almeida’s Fl. of Maharashtra vol 3 p. 404 there is a clear description of *Lindernia hyssopioides* (Linn.) Haines with synonyms being *Gratiola hysssopioides, Bonnaya hyssopioides* and *Ilysanthes hyssopioides* and this exactly matches with my plant. There is also an interesting paper in Kew Bulletin entitled A new species of Lindernia(Scrophulariaceae) from India by V. V. SIVARAJAN with some clear details about L. hyssopioides. You can find one efI post for Lindernia hyssopioides which looks like my Matheran plant. I have also seen yours and Dinesh’s posts of Dopatrium lobelioides. Please can you give me your references for it? Do you think the 2 species can be synonymous? Regards Radha On 12 September 2013 22:21, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Radha, > This appears to be similar to the one i had seen at Lohagad. > > Could this be Dopatrium lobelioides.. > > Regards > Prashant > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This herb seen at Matheran on 7.9.13 >> >> Stem about 8cms, glabrous. Branches striate. Leaves in pairs, sessile, >> oblong and pointed, getting smaller towards the top. Stamens look bearded. >> Flowers solitary, much longer than the calyx, whitish with purple markings >> and yellow in the throat. Pedicels become elongated and deflexed in fruit. >> Capsules oblong and pointed. >> >> Please forgive low resolution pics. >> >> According to Cooke and Fl. of Mah by Dr Almeida it appears to be * >> Lindernia* *hyssopiodes*. Please validate. >> >> Thanks >> >> Regards >> >> Radha >> >> -- >> 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.
