I liked the way Sir ji gives the description So neat.I have to recheck all my Triumfettas. Some botanical terms are difficult to digest though(Uncinate spines: I will search it; no issues. Are they typically seen here in these pictures?)...Still most of the description is so clear. The characters are illustrated in the pictures too. Usha di. The cyme is 3 flowered I suppose; that is it consists of 3 flowers.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > very thoughtful... > > what is 3 flowered? > > Usha di > ==== > > On Sep 29, 3:10 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Triumfetta annua* Linn., Mant. 1:73. 1767. > > > > The species is distinct from others in its orange flowers and glabrous > > uncinate spines on the fruit. Annual herb up to 1 m tall, stem purplish > on > > one side with line of hairs; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-veined > > from base, stipules linear, hirsute; cymes leaf-opposed, usually > 3-flowered; > > flowers orange, 8 mm across, petals slightly smaller than sepals; stamens > > 10; capsule globose 9-11 mm in diam including spines which are 4-5 mm > long > > glabrous and with hooked tips. > > > > Photographed from near Kalsi along Mussoorie Chakrata road on September > 16, > > 2011 > > > > -- > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > Triumfetta-annua-Between Dakpathar and Kalsi-2.jpg > > 176KViewDownload > > > > Triumfetta-annua-Mussoorie-Chakrata Road near Kalsi-3.jpg > > 143KViewDownload > > > > Triumfetta-annua-near Dakpathar towards Kalsi-1.jpg > > 100KViewDownload -- Dr Satish Phadke
