Surajit ji in Limnophilla aromatica, L. repens, L.conata and L. rugosa, the leaves are undivided throughout the stem where as in L. aquatica, L.indica, L.sessiflora and L.heterophylla, leaves of lower/submerged parts of the stem are pectinate to multifid..
Similarly in L. aquatica and L. indica, flowers are pedicelled and in L.sessiflora and L. heterophylla flowers are sessile. Regards Prasad On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:32 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Prasad Ji, > > Found two posts of *L. indica* at - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/_hwW6CK8V14/discussion > and > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uFvfVjcR4-k/discussion. > But neither post mentions its flower size. > > While > FoI<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Marshweed.html>andFoC<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020698>state > flowers are white or pale purple, 1-1.4 cm (i hope they mentioned the > diameter/across), my flower is significantly smaller. > > If it is *L. indica* (L.) Druce (syn. *L. gratioloides* R. Br.) we should > stop copying blindly FoC or similar sites. > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Prasad Dash > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is Limnophila indica. Please check my earlier post on Eflora >> >> [EfloraIndia_221212PD02_Limnophila indica_Flora of Odisha >> >> Regards >> >> Prasad >> >> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yes this looks like Limnophila. It has peculiar smell of Saunf on the >>> leaves. Not sure of the species. >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 29 October 2012 21:28:04 UTC+8, surajitkoley wrote: >>>> >>>> Sir, >>>> >>>> Found this yet another herb inside the same uncultivated paddy field. >>>> >>>> Species : UNKNOWN >>>> H & H : less than 10 cm high >>>> Date : 26/10/12, 10.30 a.m. >>>> Place : Hooghly >>>> >>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>> >>>> surajit >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Odisha, India >> email: [email protected] >> ph. 09437444241 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Odisha, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241 --
