Oh what a lovely display of nature... On 19 February 2011 11:52, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello to all > > Due to some field explorations during the 10th to 16th February I was > unable to co-ordinate the Commelinaceae week successfully and I apologies > for this. But addition to this I have good collection and I wish to continue > with a new topic *(Commelinaceae in **India)* with the prior permission of > all group members. > > Here is the first posting of a lovely herb, which earlier posted by Dr. > Tabish a year back and Photographed by Divya Umesh. I recently visited that > locality which mentioned by Divya ji and I able to locate this beautiful > plant (thanks due to Muthu ji, Umesh and Jagdish), > > *Murdannia striatipetala *Faden > > Type: Sri Lanka, Jaffna District (US; PDA). > > Distribution: Sri Lanka and Southern India > > Best Seen at: *Thirumullaivoyal,* on the bank of Red Hills Lake (Puzahal > Lake), Chennai. 13* 14' 703 N and 80* 13' 709 E; Elevation: 11 meters > > Unbranched to tufted annual herb up to 20-25 cm tall with definite base. > Leaf lamina oblong to lanceolate. Flowers terminal or axillary from the > upper leaves. Petals pale lavender with dark, contrasting veins,margin > crenulate; stamens 3 bending to one side of the flower, the style to the > other, filaments densely bearded with short, appressed hairs; seeds > uniseriate and 5-7 per locule. > > Photograph taken at above mentioned place on 13th Feb. 2010. > > > Thank you > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. >
