Balkar ji I think it is S. edgeworthii (=Silene indica var. edgeworthii) https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Silene$20indica$20var.$20edgeworthii$20from$20Mussoorie$20Chakrata$20Road/indiantreepix/KiMsqVVqKTg/VuE59mGB-a8J
and not Silene indica var. indica https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Silene$20indica$20var.$20indica/indiantreepix/0Qlbusfbe1E/YGgqIvhidDgJ -- 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 Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Sir I am attaching some pics taken from Deovan area at a height o about > 2900 mts Looks Silene indica var. indica > But doubt is there in pattern of Corolla > pls help to fix the id > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice photographs. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji, Balkar ji for sharing this. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Sir for these nice Pics >>> Sharing mines also >>> Pls validate >>> Thanks >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> *Silene indica * Roxb. ex Otth, Prodr. 1: 368. 1824.. var. *indica* >>>> *syn: **Lychnis* *ciliata* Wall.; *Lychnis* *indica* (Roxb. ex Otth) >>>> Benth.; *Lychnis* *nutans* Benth. >>>> >>>> Weak spreading perennial herb, glandular sticky with broad >>>> ovate-elliptic leaves up to 8 cm long, ciliate along margin, lower >>>> petiolate, upper sessile; flowers initially nodding; calyx inflated 12-15 >>>> mm >>>> long, membranous with purplish veins, lobes obtuse; petals white, reddish >>>> outside, longer than calyx, bilobed, each lobe with additional side lobe, >>>> each petal with two coronal scales; androgynophore 2-4 mm lobes; capsule >>>> almost as long as calyx. >>>> >>>> Photographed from near Budher caves in 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: 9810359089 >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
