Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji On 27 Feb 2017 6:27 p.m., "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> The out-of-focus image does not help but Jeanette Fryer considers this is > likely to be Cotoneaster horizontalis Decaisne - which > is NOT a native of the Himalaya. No indication was given that this was a > cultivated specimen - which it must be. It really is > important to indicate whether a plant is wild, naturalised or cultivated. > If only a single image is posted, makes it hard to work > things out. > > C.horizontalis is a native of Sichuan & Gansu, China. > > In cultivation it was originally distributed from shrubs growing in the > garden of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris from seed > received from Missionary Armand David around 1870. The plant is incredibly > tough, much used for covering walls. The leafless branches in winter are > attractive with their herringbone habit. > > As for the mistaken identification of Daphne retusa, this probably comes > from mis-matching with a photo in 'Flowers of the Himalaya' - though had > the description been read: leaves - small shiny green, broadly > oblanceolate, margins inrolled, clustered towards ends of branches, it > would have been clear the specimen photographed was not this. Furthermore, > its habitat of alpine shrubberies & open slopes @ 3300-3700m does not tally > with Darjeeling. > > Please may I request that the descriptions of species must be read in > 'Flowers of the Himalaya' as matching quickly with the images ( > which should be examined carefully) before deciding upon an > identification. In addition, it must always be remembered that 'Flowers of > the Himalaya' has illustrations (whether photos or line drawings) of only a > fraction of the total flora. > > On Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 6:30:26 AM UTC+1, tanaybose15 wrote: > >> >> *Daphne* *retusa* Hemsl from the family Thymelaeaceae ... photographed >> in Dargeeling 2008. >> Tanay >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
