Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for very informative post. Regards Prashant On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes Satish ji > To put it in simple words, lyrate: a pinnately lobed leaf, with more or > less curved (wavy) lobes and a large terminal lobe. > > Your diagnosis of the genus is very appropriate. The family Brassicaceae > is usually classified on the basis of whether cotyledons (which form baby > leaves when seed germinates) of seed are folded on either side > (conduplicate) of radicle (portion which forms root), or lying flat with > facing each other with radicle on back of one (incumbent) or radicle > standing along the edges. However a more simple classification is generally > based on fruit being siliqua (more than three times longer than broad) or > silicula (less than three times as long as broad), whether fruit is totally > rounded in cross section, compressed right angles to the septum or > compressed parallel to the septum, whether plants are hairy or glabrous, > and if hairy, hairs simple or branched, the size of fruit, flower colour, > and number of seeds in fruit, the fruit being beaded or not. > > The family is complex but I find it interesting. > > > -- > 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 Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji >> Thanks for showing this wonderful plant. >> As I have almost nothing to share during the week I am trying to >> understand and take interest in some species new to me. >> What I understood here is...... >> Cardamine is a genus of Brassicaceae with leaves deeply lobed or >> compound. The fruits are linear lanceolate, long narrow, strongly >> compressed, with valves that coil up suddenly from the base ejecting the >> seeds. >> Coming to the described species: I was wondering about the meaning of >> lyrate leaves...? >> *a simple leaf having curvature suggestive of a lyre* >> I find that lyrate is shaped like a lyre and lyre means *(n) a harp used >> by ancient Greeks for accompaniment i.e. a stringed instrument with a >> particularly curved shape.* >> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Cardamine flexuosa* With., Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3:578, t. 3. 1796. >>> Syn: *Cardamine* *sylvatica* Link; *Cardamine hirsuta* var. *sylvatica* >>> (Link) >>> Hook. f. & T. >>> >>> Common names: Common bittercress, wavy bittercress >>> >>> Small annual herb mostly branched from base, without a distinct basal >>> rosette of leaves, often withered at flowering stage, lyrate with larger >>> terminal lobe usually reniform or broadly ovate, 3-5 lobed, lateral lobes >>> smaller; upper leaves smaller, not auriculate at base,; flowers white, in >>> racemes on usually zigzag axis; stamens usually 6; siliqua linear 12-25 mm >>> long, >>> >>> Common in moist shaded places, often along roadsides. Photographed >>> from Kashmir and Manali. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > > > > --
