Nice Catch Sir. Thanks for Sharing On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote:
> How in the world do you find these tiny things? > > Wonderful > Usha di > === > > On Oct 11, 4:31 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Lysimachia alternifolia* Wall., Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 26 > > (1824) > > > > The plant at first look reminds you of Anagallis with similar long > axillary > > pedicels and shape of fruits surrounded by similar calyx lobes, but > > alternate leaves and yellow flowers lead to look you for some thing > closer, > > and it landed me to Lysimachia alternifolia very distinct from other > species > > in alternate leaves, long slender pedicels and yellow flowers. > > > > Small decumbent herb, 6-25 cm, branching from base; leaves alternate, > > ovate-lanceolate 2.5-3.5 cm long, lower stalked, upper sessile; flowers > > yellow, solitary axillary with slender pedicels almost as long as leaves; > > calyx lobes lanceolate, longer than corolla, persistent in fruit; corolla > > rotate, 5-8 mm across, segments oblong gland-dotted; filaments united at > > base; capsule glabrous, shorter than calyx, globose. > > > > Photographed from shaded ground among shrubs in Tiger fall area Chakrata > on > > September 18, 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/ > > > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-1.jpg > > 202KViewDownload > > > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-2.jpg > > 183KViewDownload > > > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-3.jpg > > 185KViewDownload > > > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-4.jpg > > 135KViewDownload -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
