---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nambiyath Balakrishnan <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:173934] Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia prostrata from Delhi-GS-38 To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
Yes, this is certainly E. prostrata. Notice the ciliate hairs on the three keels of the fruit, which are otherwise glabrous at other faces. N.P.Balakrishnan, 9 Nov. 2013 On 9 November 2013 15:42, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Sending two close up photographs for better decision > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks for a good lead Tapas ji >> I will check my other photographs also. >> Both Flora of china and Flora of Pakistan report fruits are hairy only >> along keels, uniformly hairy in E. thymifolia. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> In Euphrobia prostrata the fruits burst open the cyathium and ripen >>> outside it while in E, thymifolia the fruits mature indide the cyathium. >>> Now you decide. >>> T. Chakrabarty. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> *Euphorbia prostrata* Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:139. 1789 >>>> >>>> prostrate herb with often reddish stem, small opposite leaves, 4 glands >>>> without appendages and minute about 1.5 mm fruits, ciliate along edges but >>>> smooth on faces. Common in Delhi along roadsides usually on barren sandy >>>> ground. >>>> >>>> Common names >>>> Prostrate spurge, prostrate sandmat, red euphorbia. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
