Beautiful Shot Sir
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > *Dicliptera chinensis* (L.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 268. > 1807. > syn: *D. roxburghiana* Nees. > > The plant was photographed from Kud J & K. Looks clearly different from > the other plant in its larger darker coloured flowers, leaves hairy along > veins below, bracts broader and flowers mostly in upper parts, and more > significantly much longer style. > > The species according to Flora of China is differentiated by* *leaf > ovate-elliptic, abaxially puberulent along veins, base decurrent onto > petiole, apex shortly acuminate to acute; floweres in 1-4 flowered cymules, > with 3-4 cymules per cyme, on 2-5 mm peduncles from upper leaf axils, > bracts subulate to linear to oblanceolate to obovate, 3-7.5 × 0.3-1 mm; > outer bracteoles elliptic to obovate, 5-13 × 3-8 mm, unequal, abaxially > puberulent, 3-veined,; inner bracteoles linear, ca. 5 mm, abaxially > hirsute, apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm, puberulent. Calyx ca. 5 mm; > lobes linear, equal, margin hirsute, apex acuminate. Corolla pale purple, > 1-1.2 cm, lip in lower position ovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, apex entire; lip in > upper position oblong, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm. filaments ca. 4 mm, style ca. 1.4 > cm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm. Seeds 2 mm. > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5d9poxxV6q8/T4URCWk6V-I/AAAAAAAABDY/snzoB8ij1CA/s1600/Dicliptera-roxburgiana-Kud-J+%26+K-1.jpg> > Dicliptera-roxburgiana-Kud-J & K-1 > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3GCbBZZ9a7E/T4URPEYBc1I/AAAAAAAABDk/iWKQcCSjqM8/s1600/Dicliptera-roxburgiana-Kud-J+%26+K-3.jpg> > Dicliptera-roxburgiana-Kud-J & K-3 > > Gurcharan Singh > > * * > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
