Thanks for Sharing Sir i could not locate this in my collection On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Satish ji > I used the term uncinate initially but when I described the spines at the > end I was reminded of persons like you and used hooked, which means the > same. I think I will have to learn to be less technical in future. > > > -- > 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/ > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
