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*Dictyospermum montanum** *Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 30. t. 2069.
1853, Type India. *Aneilema montanum *(Wt.) Wall. ex Clarke in DC. Monogr.
Phan. 3: 217. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Br. Ind. 6: 381.1892.
Erect to ascending perennial herb, up to 30 cm hight. Roots
fibrous, from lower nodes, internodes up to 13 cm long, glabrous; sheath up
to 2.5 cm long, with a line of cilia along the fused margins, mouth ciliate.
Lamina elliptic-lanceolate, base obtuse, margin entire, scabrous, upper and
lower surfaces scabrous; terminal leaves small apex acuminate, up to 13 x
4.3 cm. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle c. 8 cm long, puberlous; bract
leafy, green ovate, c. 2.3 x 9 mm. Pedicel recurved, 4 mm, glabrous. Sepals
3, ovate, pale green, free, glabrous, 2.5 x 1.5 mm, margin entire. Petals 3,
ovate, white, glabrous, 3.5 x 2.5 mm, margin entire. Fertile stamens 3; 2
filaments 1 mm long, middle filament 2.5 mm long, violet band on one side,
glabrous, white, apex violet; anther lobes basifixed, yellow, connective
yellow. Ovary globose-ovate, pale green-white, glabrous, 1 x 1 mm, style
white, 0.5 mm long, glabrous; stigma simple. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 x
3 mm; seeds pyriform cream coloured, reticulate, hilum punctiform in furrow;
embryotega lateral.
*Flowering and fruiting:* November to May.
*Localities:* From Nilmbur forest.
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Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.
