DIMAG KHOLNE WALA !!!! CRANIOTOME...... may be this plant enlightened the author so much that he named it like that, but surely thats a funny name for this plant. Thanks for pointing Usha mam. Pankaj
On Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:42:27 UTC+8, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Craniotome furcata* (Link) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 516. 1891. > syn: *Craniotome* *versicolor* Reichenb. > > Perennial herb up to 1 m tall, branched in upper part; leaves opposite, > broadly ovate, 6-10 cm long, crenate-serrate, acuminate, base rounded to > cordate; Verticillasters lateral as well as terminal, on short peduncles; > flowers creamish when opening, turning pink and finally purple; pedicel up > to 15 mm long; calyx hardly 1.5 mm in flower, glandular hairy, elongating > to 2.5 mm in fruit; corollaup to 4 mm long, upper lip hardly visible > flat-truncate, lower 3-lobed, midlobe largest; nutlets pale brown about 0.8 > mm long. > > Photographed from Mussoorie Chakrata Road > > 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 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.
