Dear Sir,
     Its *Isoetes *(not *Isoetus*) can be easily identified on the basis of 
 velum character and megaspore ornamentation. 

Dr. Sachin Patil


On Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 10:13:29 AM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote:

*Isoetus* species (may be I. coromandelina). 
> For non-botanists friends: this plant may look like a grass or sedge but 
> it belongs to a primitive group of plants 'pteridophyte'. It propagates 
> through 'spores' and it doesn't know what flowers & fruits are! It prefers 
> to grow in marshy habitats. 
>  
> Regards 
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
> Post Doctoral Research Associate
> National Center for Natural Products Research
> Thad Cochran Research Center
> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677
> Phone: +1 662 915 1018
>

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