Excellent Pics!!! On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear All, > > This one is one of the few Rubiaceae members I have with me to share. Shot > at different times in 2010 and 2011 from Morni Hills and Shimla* > > Hamiltonia suaveolens **Roxb., Hort. Beng. 15, 1814*; *Spermadictyon > suaveolens* Roxb., Pl. Cor. 3. 32. t. 236, 1815 > A small shrub with divaricate branches. Leaves 15-22 x 5-10 cm, > shortly-petioled, opposite, elliptic-oblong or ovate, glabrous or > pubescent, lateral nerves prominent beneath, base acute. Flowers sessile > or shortly-pedicelled, bluish-purple, sweet-scented, club-shaped in bud, > arranged in large, terminal, lax, trichotomous panicles. Sepals 4-5, > persistent. Petals valvate, fused, corolla-tube trumpet-shaped. Capsule > ellipsoid, small, 5-seeded. > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
