Thanks, Tabish ji and Singh ji On Sun 1 Jul, 2018, 2:27 PM Tabish, <[email protected]> wrote:
> There seem to be two distinct forms of Impatiens bicolor, as seen in the > two attached illustrations. > They may be different varieties of Impatiens amphorata as described in > Flora of British India vol I, page 475-476, later merged into Impatiens > bicolor. > Comments are welcome. > Tabish > > > On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 8:57:52 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> *Impatiens bicolor* Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. 151. t. 28. 1834. >> Syn: I. amphorata var. umbrosa Hook.f. >> >> Glabrous annual herb up to 70 cm tall; leaves elliptic-ovate to elliptic, >> up to 12 cm long, margin crenate-dentate, apex acuminate, petiole 2-4 cm >> long with basal sessile glands; flowers in subumbellate racemes, yellow >> with rose coloured upper lip; pedicel up to 2 cm long elongating to 2,5 cm >> in fruit; bract ovate about 3 cm long;lateral sepals 3-4 mm long, green, >> broadly ovate, subcordate, acpiculate, lower sepal broadly conical >> gradually narrowed into incurved spur about 10 mm long; anterior petal >> broadly orbicular about 8 x 15 mm rose pink; capsule cylindrical, erect, >> 2-3 cm long. >> >> Photographed between Banihal and Ramban on J & K road, alt. about 1500 m, >> July 18, 2013 >> >> There is one image of this species uploaded by Dr. Anzar Khuroo in our >> database. >> This also puts a doubt on the identity of I. bicolor uploaded on >> Flowers of India. To me it appears some other species. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> > -- 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.
