Thanks, Chadwell ji ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> Date: 11 Jan 2017 3:44 a.m. Subject: Anemone polyanthes/tetrasepala confusion? To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
I have just come across a letter from the late Mary Briggs past Secretary of what is now the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland. I met Mary on her frequent visits to the main herbarium of the Natural History Museum in London. She had undertaken a couple of treks in Kashmir and was interested in plants from the region (and many others parts of the world having led and incredible number of botanical tours for plant enthusiasts). Arthur Chater (joint author of 'An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal') kindly introduced us. The letter represented comments after she had read my 'Report on the Kashmir Botanical Expedition, 1983'. I listed both Anemone polyanthes and A.tetrasepala from Kashmir but wonder now if A.polyanthes is not necessarily found in Kashmir? Mary noted that what she had called Anemone narcissiflora might be A.polyanthes. Stewart listed A.narcissiflora having been reported from Chitral and Kashmir but thought these were A.polyanthes though felt further study was needed. I first saw what I took to be A.polyanthes on the top of the Rohtang Pass in H.P. whilst leading a botanical tour (my party was en route to Lahaul). Years later, I came across an Anemone on a lower pass in H.P. which I thought looked like A.tetrasepala. I also saw an Anemone below the Sinthan Pass which seemed more like what I understood to be A.tetrasepala. *I am not certain as to how to separate all the specimens of A.tetrasepala and A.polyanthes I come across.* *A.tetrasepala is recorded from Afghanistan to Himachal Pradesh, whereas A.polyanthes is known from* *Pakistan to Bhutan.* *Will be worth me checking postings for Anemone on eFI.* Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
