'*"term of the week*" (Was started earlier by Garg ji but somehow not supported by others with the same zeal)'
Great idea, why not restart it? Regards, Samir Mehta On Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:40:22 PM UTC+5:30, Satish Phadke wrote: > > You are perfect with your teaching. Don't change anything. These terms are > stimulus for us to learn. In fact I have an idea of starting something > like....... > *"term of the week*" (Was started earlier by Garg ji but somehow not > supported by others with the same zeal) Here some term will be coined by > some expert for a week and evryone will try to upload pictures supporting > it.We can find variation it it also.Future ideas must evolve tomake the > group interesting Isn't it? > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Satish ji >> I used the term uncinate initially but when I described the spines at the >> end I was reminded of persons like you and used hooked, which means the >> same. I think I will have to learn to be less technical in future. >> >> >> -- >> >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> I liked the way Sir ji gives the description So neat.I have to recheck >>> all my Triumfettas. >>> Some botanical terms are difficult to digest though(Uncinate spines: I >>> will search it; no issues. Are they typically seen here in these >>> pictures?)...Still most of the description is so clear. The characters are >>> illustrated in the pictures too. >>> Usha di. The cyme is 3 flowered I suppose; that is it consists of 3 >>> flowers. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> very thoughtful... >>>> >>>> what is 3 flowered? >>>> >>>> Usha di >>>> ==== >>>> >>>> On Sep 29, 3:10 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > *Triumfetta annua* Linn., Mant. 1:73. 1767. >>>> > >>>> > The species is distinct from others in its orange flowers and glabrous >>>> > uncinate spines on the fruit. Annual herb up to 1 m tall, stem >>>> purplish on >>>> > one side with line of hairs; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, >>>> 3-5-veined >>>> > from base, stipules linear, hirsute; cymes leaf-opposed, usually >>>> 3-flowered; >>>> > flowers orange, 8 mm across, petals slightly smaller than sepals; >>>> stamens >>>> > 10; capsule globose 9-11 mm in diam including spines which are 4-5 mm >>>> long >>>> > glabrous and with hooked tips. >>>> > >>>> > Photographed from near Kalsi along Mussoorie Chakrata road on >>>> September 16, >>>> > 2011 >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> > >>>> > Triumfetta-annua-Between Dakpathar and Kalsi-2.jpg >>>> > 176KViewDownload >>>> > >>>> > Triumfetta-annua-Mussoorie-Chakrata Road near Kalsi-3.jpg >>>> > 143KViewDownload >>>> > >>>> > Triumfetta-annua-near Dakpathar towards Kalsi-1.jpg >>>> > 100KViewDownload >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- 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.
