beautiful Shots Sir. Thanks for providing name, i was thinking about Cotoneaster .....
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > *Pyracantha* *crenulata* (D. Don) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: > 220. 1847. > syn: *Crataegus crenulata* (D. Don) Roxb.; *Cotoneaster crenulatus* (D. > Don) K. Koch > > Shrub similar to Cotoneaster by appearance but easily differentiated by > thorny branches and crenulate leaves (entire in Cotoneaster). Shrub up to 4 > m tall with thorny branches; leaves crowded on short lateral branches, > narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 2-6 cm long, crenulate, obtuse; petiole > 3-6 mm long; flowers white, 6-9 mm across in terminal compound corymbs up > to 5 cm across; calyx lobes 5, persistent, triangular; petals 5, orbicular; > stamens numerous; ovary with 5 styles; fruit subglobose, 5-6 mm diam, > orange-yellow or orange-red. > > Common in the area, photographed from Baijnath and Almora in Uttaranchal > Pradesh in April. > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
