Sir, I do not have a simple microscope, have a compound one but do not know how to examine an entire flower under it. I will try to examine for more features with a magnifying glass and would inform you if I find any.
I request you to please examine and identify one my old thread of a different species - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/Hzw2B7j5APk/OgYwHaTtkKgJ. Thank you very much. It is always a learning session under your guidance. Regards surajit On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > This small herb seems to be interesting. It is closely related to > Euphorbia serpens, differing in the serrate margins of leaves, rounded to > obtuse (rather than retuse) at apex. I do not see the root primordia at > the nodes which are usually present in E. serpens. Further differences, if > any, can be ascertained by examining the flowers and fruits under a > microscope. > Superficially similar to E. cristata in its foliage but the whole plant > (habit) is much smaller. with smaller, glabrous leaves, trinerved at base. > Further critical studies are therefore very desirable to establish its > status. > Tapas. > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:16 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> I was also thinking of stunted growth, a stunted form of *Euphorbia >> thymifolia* L.? Anurag or Dinesh Ji's threads are so different looking. >> that I thought it must be some other species. >> In fact I failed to find any particular feature in my photographs. >> Instead, I searched matching images and discarded *E. granulata*, came >> across the similar looking image of *E. cristata* in 'indiabiodiversity' >> site! >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> surajit koley >> a *non-botanist* member of >> efloraofIndia google group >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Please check whether it can be a form with stunted growth. >>> Your link leads on to Euphorbia cristata which it is not and the same >>> has not been recorded from West Bengal so far. >>> I can not think of any other genus. >>> Tapas. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:02 PM, surajit koley < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sir, >>>> >>>> Today I have photographed a few shot of the species again, one or two >>>> individual, each within 3 cm height is erect as can be seen in the first >>>> photograph. But the community (my assumption, I didn't disturb the herb) is >>>> decumbent aqs can be seen in the 2nd image. >>>> >>>> I also attach herewith cropped part of two original pictures for the >>>> highest detail my camera could take. >>>> >>>> The herb is growing in sandy soil, produced by debris of building >>>> materials like sand, concrete dust, small gravels etc. But the place is >>>> always damp. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Regards >>>> surajit koley >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> From the photographs it appears that the plant is erect and ascending >>>>> and not prostrate or procumbent. Please confirm this point. We will soon >>>>> comment on it. I am awaiting reply of Balakrishnan Sir. >>>>> In the mean time please take good photographs, collect a sample and >>>>> press and dry it up in a news paper or blotter in such a manner that both >>>>> surfaces of the leaves are visible. >>>>> Tapas. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:04 PM, surajit koley < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Noticed this small herb beside our kitchen drainage. There are 3 or 4 >>>>>> individual of this species, each having around 3 to 4 cm length. >>>>>> Unfortunately the other camera I have is now out-of-order! >>>>>> >>>>>> I regret bad picture quality, but the plant itself has tiny flower >>>>>> and fruit. The features are, as far as I can make out of the attached >>>>>> photographs, (i) opposite sub-sessile leaves (ii) leaves are about 5mm in >>>>>> length (iii) leaf apex serrate. >>>>>> >>>>>> It looks similar to >>>>>> http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245933?sa=X&ved=0CBcQ9QEwAWoVChMI2eD7vIb5xgIVQYyUCh37Vgq6 >>>>>> >>>>>> Any probability? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> surajit koley >>>>>> a *non-botanist* member of >>>>>> efloraofIndia google group >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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.
