Hi Nidhan, Thanks for replying. Let me rephrase my doubt. I would like to only know what the third photograph of the G. Wallichianum is depicting, the immature fruit part is correct, so the elongated structure is indeed the Style, right? But what is the basal structure? the basal part shows very prominent five strips at the base, is that not the mericarps (five indehiscent, seed-bearing carpels)? if not, what are these petal like strips called.
Thanks for the time, for looking into this! Best regards Puja On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > I will do this for you in my next message. .I have to search my database > for any mature fruit showing dehiscence.. > You are right in saying that third picture has unripe fruit, at this stage > this is early to observe mericarps.. > I appreciate your love for plants and quest..this is definitely not a > matter of formal education in the subject, many of the experts on eflora do > not belong to Botany or even Biology.. > Puja Sharma via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1311182&ctx=mail> googlegroups.com 7:29 PM (1 hour ago) to indiantreepix The third photograph - would I be correct to say - that it is the immature fruit of G. wallichianum? It is when the flower has fertilised and the petals fall, while the style lengthens and thickens rapidly giving rise to the structure depicted in the third photograph, called the Rostrum (also called Cranesbill); at the base of the Rostrum are five fruit segments called mericarps, each containing one seed. Is this correct? I'm a little confused, can somebody please clarify my doubts. I have two more questions: a) Does the third photograph (3) show the Rostrum and the mericarps? b) I read somewhere that elongate Schizocarp is typical of plants in the geranium family. Where or what is the Schizocarp in this photograph? (If somebody could help label the third photograph or explain the parts, I would be rather grateful!) I love trekking in our mountains and have special interest in their flora, I have studied biology till class 10 only, so please do be kind! Thanks. Looking forward to hearing from the experts! Regards Puja Sharma New Delhi -- 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/d/optout.
