On 18 January 2012 16:20, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Swertia alata* (G. Don) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:125. 1883. > syn: *Agathotes* *alata* D.Don ; *Ophelia* *alata* (G. Don) Griseb. > > Annual herb up to 40 cm tall, 4-angled; cauline leaves sessile to > subsessile, ovate-cordate, 3-6 cm long, usually 5 nerved (3-7 nerved); > flowers 4-merous in panicles; calyx lobes 4-6 mm long, narrowly ovate; > corolla greenish yellow with one rounded depression at base of each lobe, > minutely pubescent or glabrous; filaments 4-6 mm long. > > Photographed from Chakrata Deovan Herbal Garden in September. > > -- > 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/ > > Beautiful flowers and cute plant very well captured Sir! -- With Regards, Narendra Joshi
