Swertia is raining. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing one more interesting Swertia.. Regards Prashant
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for this post Sir my plant also now identified > > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Swertia chirayita* (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karsten, ; Deutsche Fl. 1025 >> (1883) >> syn: *Gentiana* *chirayta* Roxb. ; Swertia chirata (Wall.) Clarke >> >> Tall herb reaching 1.5 m, obscurely angled;cauline leaves subsessile, >> elliptic, 4-6 cm long, 5-nerved, lower much longer and often petiolate; >> flowers on short pedicels in large panicles, 4-merous; calyx lobes >> lanceolate, 5-7 mm long; corolla lurid green-yellow with ovate 6-7 mm long >> lobes, with purple veins, each lobe with 2 green glandular depressions at >> base, each fringed by white or pink hairs; filaments free; capsule 6-9 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://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 >
