Gurcharan ji, these are just my thoughts ... Barleria-prionitis-flower-herbal-gard-Delhi-2 and Barleria-prionitis-Ridge-Delhi-1 seem typically *B. cuspidata* - the upper lip with the 4 lobes recurved to a great extent, with their lobes not ending in a point, they are blunt at their ends, and the lower lip aloof from the upper.
In cuspidata, the corolla tube is bent (relatively more than prionitis). There are thorns at all nodes. looks to be *B. cuspidata.* Not sure about Barleria-prionitis-Herbal-gdn-Delhi-3. In case of *B. prionitis*, all the lobes seem to be equal and overlapping, the lower lip tends to overlap the adjacent upper lobes, all of them end to a point. Upper and lower lobes appear to recurve to equal extent. The corolla tube is not as bent as in *B. cuspidata ...* the tube looks fairly straight. Let us wait for validations; my observations are not scientific. I hope Shrikant ji helps here. Regards. Dinesh On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Barleria prionitis* L., Sp. Pl. 636 1753. > syn: *Barleria* *coriacea* Oberm.; *Barleria* *echinata* St.-Lag.; > *Barleria* *spicata* Roxb. > > A bushy prickly shrub with 3-4 spines in leaf axils; leaves > elliptic-ovate, up to 10 cm long, tapering at ends; flowers orange-yellow > in terminal spikes; calyx spine-tipped. Photographed from Herbal garden, > Rajouri Garden and Ridge in Delhi. > > Common name: porcupine-flower > > -- > 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/ > > > -- > 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. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
