Thanks for updating On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Satish ji I also read this, but ignored it as Plant List seems to have > more errors that true facts. The plant looks very different from F. > cirrhosa, and as such followed Flowers of Himalaya, which treats them > distinct. > > -- > 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/ > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Very nice >> A synonym of Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don as per The Plant List. >> Family Liliaceae. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Very Interesting. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing. >>> Regards >>> Prashant >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Fritillaria roylei Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 9: t. 860 1852. >>>> >>>> Common name: Himalayan Fritillary >>>> >>>> Bulbous perennial herb up to 70 cm tall with bulbs 2-3 cm in diam; >>>> leaves alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3-6, linear-lanceolate, often >>>> acuminate; flowers solitary or 2-4 together usually subtended by 3 leafy >>>> bracts, nodding, 4-6 cm long, campanulate with oblong to elliptic-oblong >>>> tepals which are yellowish green to brownish-purple, base dark purple on >>>> outside, often spotted with red on outside; stamens 2-3 cm long; style >>>> 3-lobed; capsule broadly oblong, 25-35 mm long, seeds many. >>>> >>>> Common in Khillenmarg meadow in Kashmir, photographed in May. I found >>>> two types of flowers those with dull greenish-yellow flowers and those with >>>> bright red spots on outside. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke > > > >
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