Now correctly known as V. polita subsp. polita On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 3:21:56 PM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote:
> Sinha ji > > There are no images of V. persica and V. arvensis in your mail, perhaps > you missed uploading them. > > V. persica, though closer to P. didyma is much different in leaf shape and > size, length of pedicel and fruit, which has a widely diverging sinus > (obtuse angle) and keeled lobes in fruit. Flower is also larger. I had > uploaded V. persica separately. > > V. arvensis, though having similar leaves is much different with > subtending bracts much smaller than foliage leaves and aggregated in > terminal inflorescence. also the pedicels are much smaller. > > As for my V. didyma, there is no question of 4 bracts, as subtending > leaves are unmodified. By any chance, did you mean calyx lobes?. Also one > flower will produce only one fruit in Veronica. > > Thanks for your mail. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > 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/ > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM, greenearth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sharing images for comparison, of V. sp ( persica perhaps) and V. >> arvensis, the latter flower is about 1.5 mm across. ( from USA) >> >> Gurcharan ji, >> Thanx for the Veronica post. I did not know Veronicas are found >> around Delhi. .Are there 4 bracts to each flower , and the fruit >> in V.d.Delhi-4, is that from a single flower. ? >> >> regards >> A.Sinha >> >> On Jan 16, 6:39 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Sending Veronica didyma Ten. (syn: V. agrestis Hook.f. (non L.); V. >> polita >> > Fries) from Delhi. The species is quite distinct from V. persica in >> smaller >> > pinkish flowers, pedicels shorter than subtending leaves (bracts), >> broadly >> > triangular ovate leaves (usually broader than long), capsule with >> rounded >> > lobes, diverging at acute angle or almost subparallel, covered with >> longer >> > glandular hairs mixed with shorter simpler hairs, broader calyx lobes >> > overlapping at base. European V. agrestis L. has ovate leaves, longer >> than >> > width, fruit covered with only glandular hairs and shorter style. >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > Associate Professor >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > Veronica-didyma-Delhi-4.jpg >> > 143KViewDownload >> > >> > Veronica-didyma-Delhi-1.jpg >> > 171KViewDownload >> > >> > Veronica-didyma-Delhi-2.jpg >> > 147KViewDownload >> > >> > Veronica-didyma-Delhi-3.jpg >> > 332KViewDownload >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> >> > > > -- 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/7ad21329-3703-467e-9f28-bc4fdc114ae0n%40googlegroups.com.
