Superb pics Sir On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:00 PM, hari lal <[email protected]> wrote:
> very nice sir thanks for sharing > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Isodon coetsa* (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. >> Univ. 2: 131, 1929 >> *Syn: Plectranthus coetsa *Buch.-Ham ex D. Don; >> >> Perennial herb up to 1.5 m tall with opposite ovate or ovate-lanceolate >> 5-10 cm long leaves, thinner crenate to dentate, base cuneate, almost >> sparsely pubescent and glandular; flowers lavender-blue in cymes arranged in >> spreading panicles; calyx 2 mm, with subequal lobes, enlarged to 4mm and >> curved in fruit; corolla up to 6 mm long tube abruptly decurved, much longer >> than calyx, gibbous at base; stamens; nutlets ovoid. >> >> The species is easily differentiated by its thinner leaves, subequal calyx >> lobes and strongly decurved corolla tube >> >> Photographed from Chakrata Budher caves road on September 17, 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: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > HARI SHANKAR LAL > AT-SHIV KUTIR > PO-BARA BAZAR > DIST-HAZARIBAG > PIN-825301 > JHARKHAND,INDIA > MOBILE-9431530563 > [email protected] > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
