Very beautiful flower. Aarti On Sunday, September 21, 2014 4:19:58 AM UTC+4, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Daphne mucronata* Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mount. 232. t.81.f.2. 1836. > Syn: D. oleoides auct. (non Schreb.) > > A shrub of dry open slopes, 1-2 mm tall, young branches tomentose; leaves > alternate, thick, elliptic oblong to lanceolate, up to 6 cm long, apex > mucronate; flowers creamish white in few flowered clusters, subsessile; > calyx tubular, lobes 4, 3.5-4.5 mm long, creamish white, spreading; petals > absent; stamens 8, in two whorls; ovary ovoid, pubescent; stigma capitate; > fruit a globose berry, 8-10 mm in diam, pubescent, orange when ripe. > > Photographed from hills around Srinagar, Kashmir. > > 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/ >
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