Thank you Sir. One earlier thread by Aarti Ji <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/cOU1rcSRo2A/SvI6Ws3xDnEJ> looks somewhat similar to species. Presently I mark it with *E. heyneana*.
Regards surajit On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > For the time being, the following name may be assigned to it, although I > am not satisfied but without further details it is impossible to clarify > its status: > Euphorbia heyneana Spreng. subsp. nilagirica (Miq.) Panigrahi which has > erect or or ascending habit and the same is an endangered endemic confined > to the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu. > Tapas. > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:50 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, Sir, this species (in this thread) is ascending or erect. The >> problem is cyathium is so small that my camera fails to produce detail. >> Since it is the flowering time of this species I will try to find it >> somewhere else so that we can conclude that it is a stunted or deformed >> state of a certain species. >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Regards >> >> surajit >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Surajit, >>> You need a binocular dissecting microscope. >>> The other thread is giving the identity of Euphorbia heyneana subsp. >>> heyneana (syn. E. micorphylla B.Heyne ex Roth). Your present plant is even >>> closer to that but in that case the habit is prostrate and a cyathial stalk >>> present. Here I see clearly ascending or erect habit and no cyathial stalk >>> is visible. >>> Regards, >>> Tapas. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 9:48 PM, surajit koley < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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. 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