Thanks Tanay ji for all the details. regards, Rashida.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:08 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > *Nymphaea nouchali* N. L. Burman, Fl. Indica,. 120. 1768. > > Syn: *Nymphaea stellata* Willdenow. > > Rhizomes erect, unbranched. Leaf blade elliptic-orbicular to orbicular, > 7--15(--45) cm in diam., papery, abaxially glabrous, peltate a few mm from > base of sinus, base cordate, basal lobes parallel to spreading, margin > subentire to deeply crenate. Flower slightly emergent, 3--15 cm in diam. > Calyx insertion on receptacle circular; sepals lanceolate to > oblong-lanceolate, 2.5--8 cm, slightly veined, persistent. Petals 10--30, > white tinged with purple, blue, or purple-red, linear-oblong to lanceolate, > 4.5--5 cm, transition to stamens gradual. Filament of inner stamens ± as > wide as anther; connective apically appendaged. Carpels only partially > united, walls between locules of ovary double. Stigma rays (8--)10--30; > carpellary appendages triangular-tapered. Fruit globose, 1.5--4.5 cm in > diam. Seeds ellipsoid-globose, 0.5--1.3 mm, with longitudinal rows of hairs. > Fl. Jul--Dec. 2n = 28, 56, 84. > Tanay > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think Nymphaea nauchali N. L. Burman (Syn: N. stellata Willd.) >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> One more Nymphaea species for Madhuri ji ! I was to post this on Saturday >>> but it has returned back due to incorrect address. Here it is. The >>> interesting bit is the hard 50 paise coin size yellow stigma. This was seen >>> at Shahpur, Mah., last week of March, '10. Will be grateful for the species >>> ID .Thank you. >>> >>> regards, >>> Rashida. >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<indiantreepix%[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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(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.
