Very nice. A different plant post indeed. Family : Potamogetonaceae On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Potamogeton lucens* Linn., Sp. Pl. 126. 1753. > > Common name: Shining pondweed > > Perennial aquatic herb with submerged leaves; leaves with 2-15 mm long > petiole, translucent, elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, up to 15 cm long, > 2-3 cm broad, 9-11 veined, margin undulate, minutely denticulate; stipules > free, up to 7 cm long, 2-keeled; flowers small in 3-6 cm long dense spike > on up to 20 cm long peduncle; carpels 4; fruit ovoid, 3-5 mm long with > distinct beak. > > Photographed from Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir in June, 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
