*Anthers* 5 stamens inserted in the corolla tube just below the throat (Three are visible in the photo). The stalk by which they are attached(filament) is very short. Peering from above one can see the anthers only in the intact flower. In this feature it resembles *Nonea. *They are brownish yellow (see photo) On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 2:30:27 PM UTC+5:30 [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/4a05f95c-402a-4833-a81e-431026701ab2n%40googlegroups.com.
