Thanks, Taffazull ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Thu, 5 Jan, 2023, 2:30 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Garg ji, > Thanks for the comment about FOP. Unfortunately their sketch does not show > calyx. In fact they must have followed Kazimi the most towering authority > there. > Need expert opinion on this > Here are more details about corolla > *Corolla:* > Corolla is very delicately attached to the flower and in two of them fell > down as I was examining the calyx. > The corolla is approximately infundibuliform (like an inverted bell).The > lobes are very small about 1-1.5 mm as is visible from the photo' > The tube has a slight sinuous bend at the bottom (See photo). As I will > show in a subsequent post the style is very short and must remain in the > bend. > I speculate that this would be to avoid self pollination as the anthers > are just below the throat. Indulging in further speculation one can surmise > that the peculiar shape of the corolla suggests that the pollinator might > be a moth or butterfly with a long proboscis which can descend to the > bottom of the tube. > Regards > Taffazull > On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 11:58:53 AM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks, Taffazul ji. >> But Flora of Pakistan >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250084488> >> says about *Nonea edgeworthii* A. DC. in DC. as 'Calyx 6-7 mm long, up >> to 10 mm in fruit, dense hairy; lobes linear' >> >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 at 17:43, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *A Surprising fact about the calyx* >>> >>> Regarding the calyx Kazmi in his authoritative work writes under the >>> heading *Nonea Medicus ,Philos .Bot.1:31.1789.:* >>> >>> "Calyx 5-fid , shortly or for ½ of its length, never divided to the >>> base, enlarged in fruit.." >>> >>> (SMA Kazimi : A Revision Of The Boraginaceae of West Pakistan And >>> Kashmir(1971), Journal of Arnold Arboretum,pp670-71.). >>> >>> I had fortunately two flowers left in the plant I had transferred to the >>> planter. I reexamined the calyx and found it is divided to the base. This >>> is also evident in the fruit. (See photos).It thus seems to me that it is >>> either a sub genus or something different. Would request the opinion of >>> experts. Many features resemble the genus *Nonea *including position of >>> anthers, gynobasic very short style morphology and attachment of nutlet >>> which I will put in a subsequent post. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/68365947-d8b4-4d1b-a45a-166a263eb8ccn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/68365947-d8b4-4d1b-a45a-166a263eb8ccn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- > 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/d296fa51-ca60-44ef-a282-ab5617a65efbn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/d296fa51-ca60-44ef-a282-ab5617a65efbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BiuSFCUK4M0tF3UHmFsgp4_yEZ9umwLc9Wu1P6N%3DSVvvK7a9w%40mail.gmail.com.
