Tabish ji You have to see the two growing in nature to appreciate the differences. I believe your first two specimens are V. major and third V. probably V.minor (though not typical).
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:40 AM, niraj mehta <[email protected]>wrote: > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A few months back there was a lot of discussion on this group and some >> confusion primarily because of representation of the two species at FOI. >> Whereas the specimens of V. major are not typical of the species, the true >> specimens of V. major are depicted under V. minor. I have collected a lot of >> V. major in Kashmir, Manali and other hill stations. The plant is much lax >> with trailing branches reaching several metres, leaves which are usually >> ovate, almost as broad as long, truncate or cordate at base, flowers nearly >> 1.5-2 cm across borne on almost 3-5 cm long stalks. The leaf margins and >> calyx lobes are ciliate. >> I could not find V. minor in India but was lucky to find it growing >> in California here. The plant is with shorter branches, smaller nearly >> elliptic-oblong leaves which are narrowed at both ends, smaller flowers >> nearly 2.5 cm across on nearly 1-2 cm long stalks. Leaf margins and calyx >> lobes are glabrous >> >> I am uploading both V. major from Manali and V. minor from California to >> show better comparison so that V. minor could be searched in India and >> brought to our databases. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired 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/ >> >> > > > -- > NIRAJ MEHTA > CELL NO: 8097535559 > Email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > > >
