Beautiful. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing this Swertia sp. Liked it.. Regards Prashant On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Swertia ciliata* (G. Don) B.L. Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. > 26:272. 1965 > syn: *Ophelia* *ciliata* G. Don ; *Swertia* *pedicellata* Banerji; * > Swertia* *purpurascens* Wall. ex Clarke > > Annual herb up to 90 cm tall, 4-angled; Leaves opposite, narrowly-ovate, > 2-6 cm long; flowers in paniculate many-flowered infl; calyx lobes 3-5 mm > long, narrowly ovate; corolla bluish-white with purple band near base above > gland; gland one per lobe; filaments flattened, connate at base, staminal > tube 2 mm long; capsule 8-14 mm long. > > Common in Chakrata area, photographed along Budher Caves road and Deovan > road 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
