Thanks, Taffazull ji. What about I'd? -- With regards, J. M. Garg On Sun, 19 Mar, 2023, 17:31 [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some more photos: > Photo1 : Capsule with short 2.5 mm pedicel (small square =1mm) > Photo2: Upper wall of capsule removed to show two locules and axile > placentation. > Photo 3: 2 seeds removed. > Photo4: All 4 seeds removed and empty capsule. > With regards > Taffazull > > On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 11:01:39 AM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: > >> Ok, Taffazull ji >> >> On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 at 22:38, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Some clarifications: >>> 1. The vernacular name is I think best spelled as "*Zow ghas*" *Zow *rhyming >>> with "how" and translated as"louse weed". >>> 2, I had written hairy stigma but actually these are not hairs but >>> elongated papillary cells >>> 3.The capsule has 4 seeds and placentation is axile. I will post the >>> photos in due course. >>> Regards >>> Taffazull >>> >>> On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 6:03:29 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> According to Wikipedia corolla of V .hederifolia is 1 cm i.e 10 mm wide >>>> and blue in color but corolla of this plant is just about 1mm wide.and >>>> pinkish white. >>>> Regards >>>> Taffazull >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 4:11:38 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Garg ji, >>>>> Thanks for the suggestion, >>>>> I think it cant be *V.hederifolia *because as Gurcharan ji has >>>>> pointed out in another post the pedicels of *hederifolia *are long >>>>> but in this plant they are barely 1-2 mm long. This is apart from the fact >>>>> that it does not occur in the Himalayas. Gurcharan ji in another post has >>>>> mentioned another Himalayan plant *V.stewartii *which has 3 lobed >>>>> leaves and short pedicels. However there are no details given so as >>>>> to ascertain whether it is V.stewartii or not. Information about the >>>>> shape of the ovary would be very helpful as most veronicas have flattened >>>>> ovaries but this plant has a globose ovary. Further in this plant all the >>>>> four lobes of the corolla are almost of equal size. >>>>> A local villager told me that villagers call it *"Zaw Ghas" *literally >>>>> meaning "Lice grass". I think this is so called because its tiny pinkish >>>>> white flowers resemble lice. >>>>> With regards >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 12:42:33 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looks different from similar looking species like as per images at >>>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/veronica-persica/ >>>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/veronica-didyma/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To me appears close to images (reported introduced in India) as per >>>>>> images and details >>>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2019/03/19/veronica-hederifolia/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 16:02, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear members, >>>>>>> Am posting photos of a plant growing on the side of a path in >>>>>>> Srinagar . The photos were taken very recently. It is a hairy herb. The >>>>>>> flowers are minute about 1-2mm long with pinkish white corolla. Because >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> their small size they look like dust specks to the naked eye and can >>>>>>> only >>>>>>> be examined properly with a magnifying glass. All photos of flowers >>>>>>> unless >>>>>>> mentioned were taken from specimens put under a dissecting microscope. >>>>>>> It >>>>>>> has four lobes of very hairy calyx divided to base. The four lobes of >>>>>>> corolla (1-1.5mm) are divided to 3/4 of the length. Two stamens with >>>>>>> filaments 1mm long bearing minute anthers are adnate to the corolla, The >>>>>>> ovary differs from that of Veronicas in being globose. The style ends >>>>>>> in a >>>>>>> very hairy stigma. Would request the members to suggest the correct ID >>>>>>> if >>>>>>> this herb. >>>>>>> Photo1 and Photo 2 are the plants (Each small square of graph >>>>>>> paper=1mm) >>>>>>> Photo 3 is a view of the flower >>>>>>> Photo5 shows the two stamens adnate to corolla just as in *Veronica >>>>>>> persica* >>>>>>> Photo 8 is a photo of a mature fruit >>>>>>> With Regards >>>>>>> Taffazull >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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/b5933e99-008e-4650-8cad-0197e71216e7n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b5933e99-008e-4650-8cad-0197e71216e7n%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/a2e3e5b0-5990-4025-9908-ed422ffcb261n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/a2e3e5b0-5990-4025-9908-ed422ffcb261n%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/edbc85e1-0e9b-4bbf-a432-4e4fe7ca550cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/edbc85e1-0e9b-4bbf-a432-4e4fe7ca550cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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