*The below mentioned reply, posted by me directly on the group-site did not appear there, though I received it in my mail box. The same is being re-posted:
'Crotalaria* *pallida* var. *obovata* is also an accepted name [ theplantlist.org]. I will be delighted if it does turn out to be var obovata as it will add a new sub-species to Maharashtra (Flora Maharashtra - Almeida does not mention it; do not have Flora Maharashtra - BSI, can somebody please check and inform the group). Vijaysankar, please let us how you dd the two (pallida and pallida var obovata) and do give your reference, if available. Regards, Samir Mehta' Regards, Samir Mehta On Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:06:39 AM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: > > It is* Crotalaria* *pallida* var. *obovata*, to be more specific.* > * > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Samir Mehta <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> *Crotalaria** pallida Aiton *Surajit ji - matches images in my >> collection also*.* >> >> Regards, >> >> Samir Mehta* >> * >> >> >> On Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:35:45 AM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >>> >>> Please read the subject line as 15/11/12 in place of 15/1/12 and >>> Regards, in place of Reagards... >>> >>> Thank you once again, >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> On Thursday, 15 November 2012 07:25:51 UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >>>> >>>> Good morning >>>> >>>> A net search for the *Crotalaria saltiana* takes me to *Crotalaria >>>> pallida*, and pictures tell me that my species might be the same, more >>>> so because Satish Sir has one at - https://groups.google.com/d/** >>>> topic/indiantreepix/**WD1eSIfaT0o/discussion<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/WD1eSIfaT0o/discussion> >>>> . >>>> >>>> What FoC says about *C. pallida* ? - (Leaflets) apex obtuse to retuse; >>>> racemes terminal......http://www.**efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?** >>>> flora_id=2&taxon_id=242315565<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242315565> >>>> Well, my species shows the above characters! >>>> >>>> Let's see "Bengal Plants" (Prain), vol1, p 370-371; i copy a few lines >>>> :- >>>> >>>> Leaves digitately compound :- >>>> Leaflets almost always 5, sometimes 7, very rarely 3, narrowly linear >>>> or oblanceolate, obtuse; pod glabrous many-seeded, cylindric, shortly >>>> stalked ............... *quinquefolia* >>>> Leaflets *always 3, ovate or oblong* :- >>>> Pods oblong or cylindric, many-seeded :- >>>> >>>> Erect, shrubby; bracts minute setaceous; pods large :- >>>> Pods pubescent, subsessile :- >>>> Leaflets obovate, obtuse; pods loosely pubescent >>>> ....... *incana* >>>> Leaflets oblong, acute; pods densely pubescent >>>> ......... *bracteata* >>>> * Pods glabrous* :- >>>> *Pods subsessile* :- >>>> Leaflets *oblong, acute* ................... * >>>> Brownei* >>>> Leaflets *obovate, obtuse* ............ *Saltiana* >>>> Pods with a long, slender, filiform gynophore; leaflets >>>> obovate-oblong acute ......... *laburnifolia* >>>> * >>>> * >>>> Prostrate, diffuse, herbaceous ..................... etc etc >>>> >>>> According to The Plant List :- >>>> *Crotalaria brownei* DC. = *Crotalaria pallida* Aiton = >>>> http://www.theplantlist.org/**tpl/record/ild-26386<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-26386> >>>> *Crotalaria saltiana* Andrews is different taxon = >>>> http://www.theplantlist.org/**tpl/record/ild-5497<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-5497> >>>> = >>>> also in >>>> http://www.ars-grin.gov/**cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?**12378<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12378> >>>> >>>> Found a picture of *C. saltiana* - http://www.flickr.** >>>> com/photos/holudforing/**6985903468/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/holudforing/6985903468/> >>>> >>>> Species : *Crotalaria saltiana* Andrews ? >>>> H & H : wild undershrub in a waste place, less than 2 feet >>>> Date : 12/11/12, 12.01 p.m. >>>> Place : Hooghly >>>> >>>> Thank you & Reagards, >>>> >>>> surajit >>>> >>>> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
