Pain ?? Absolute JOY !! On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 09:13 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Rakesh ji, for taking the pains and checking it again. > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Fri 3 Jan, 2020, 8:55 AM dr.rakesh Singh, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you , Garg sir , >> Just now checked . . . >> Crushed leaves smell good , sweet , pleasant , similar to Hyptis >> suaveolens >> But not as strong . >> No smell on handling or otherwise . >> >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 12:30 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Rakesh ji, for the wonderful images. >>> Your plant is certainly Bergia suffruticosa >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062946> as >>> per keys at Flora of Pakistan >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=103833> and >>> as per details below from this: >>> >>> *Bergia suffruticosa* (Delile) Fenzl. >>> Aromatic, perennial, woody at base, *decumbent or spreading undershrub, >>> glandular-pubescent*, the older stems glabrous with deciduous papery >>> bark. Branches numerous, opposite, stiff. *Leaves opposite or often >>> pseudoverticillate*, sessile or subsessile, *obovate-oblong to >>> oblanceolate or elliptic, 3-30 mm long, 2-10 mm broad*, acute to >>> obtuse, *crenate or minutely serrate, often revolute*, *densely >>> pubescent;* *stipules linear or lanceolate*, *1-3 mm long, pubescent*. >>> Inflorescence axillary solitary or loose fasciculate cyme of 2-8 flowers. >>> Flowers white to pinkish, usually 5-merous, 4-5 mm across, *pedicel >>> 1-5.5 mm long, glandular pubescent*. *Sepals 5, free, ovate, 2.5-4 mm >>> long, acute or distinctly acuminate, pubescent, keeled*, *margins >>> hyaline membranous*, *hairy*. Petals 5, free, obovate-oblong, equal to >>> or slightly longer than the sepals, 3-4 mm long, obtuse, entire, white to >>> pinkish, transparent. Stamens 10, equal or alternately long or short; >>> Carpels 5, united; ovary ovoid, distinctly 5, sulcate; styles 5, free, >>> straight. Capsule whitish pink, ovoid, 5-locular. Seeds numerous, minute, >>> shining, oblong-ellipsoid, dark brown to black. >>> Fl. Per. August-April. >>> >>> *Bergia aestivosa* Wight & Arnott >>> Non-aromatic, woody at base, *glabrous or sub-glabrous, erect, 30-40 cm >>> tall undershrub*. Branches numerous, opposite, thin, long, divaricate. >>> *Leaves >>> opposite, sub-sessile or shortly petiolate*, *obovate-oblong or narrow >>> oblong*, *attenuate,* lower leaves 25-30 mm long, 7-10 mm broad, linear >>> and *very small on branches bearing flowers,* apex acute, *margins >>> crenate to entire; stipules setaceous, 1-4 mm long*. Inflorescence >>> solitary or loose axillary fasciculate cyme of 2-4 flowers. Flowers white >>> to pinkish, 4-5 mm across; pedicel 1-3 mm long. Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, >>> acute, slightly keeled, *denticulate with glabrous membranous margins*, >>> 2-3 mm long. Petals 5, free, obovate-oblong, 3-4 mm long, mucronate, >>> entire, white to pinkish, transparent. Stamens 10, equal or alternately >>> shorter. Carpels 5, united; ovary ovoid, 5 sulcate; styles 5, free, >>> straight. Capsule whitish pink, ovoid, 5-locular. Seeds numerous, minute, >>> dark brown to black. >>> M. Per. December. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 20:27 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:338033] Re: Bergia sp. >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> More images from 2015 >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 8:24:52 PM UTC+5:30, dr.rakesh Singh >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just saw Bergia posted from Jodhpur , by Tabish Ji . >>>> I have two species in Surat . >>>> One , being presented here was collected in 2014 and >>>> was identified by experts from Gujarat as Bergia odorata . >>>> After seeing post by Tabish Ji , and id as Bergia suffruticosa , >>>> synonym Bergia odorata , >>>> I am in confusion regarding ID of my specimen , particularly disturbing >>>> is Bergia aestivosa >>>> listed in EFI . >>>> Here are the pictures from 2014 and 2015 in separate batches . >>>> Thank You . >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/d4bec735-d411-4af1-8f67-0fcb367854de%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/d4bec735-d411-4af1-8f67-0fcb367854de%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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