Yes Shrikant ji may be right. S. bigemina has 4 leaflets, S. setulosa 10-12 large leaflets and flowers in panicled secund racemes. S. hirsuta has 6-10 leaflets (8 leaflets are seen in most leaves here), also plant is slender, leaflets smaller and flowers in close secund corymbs.
Close ups of calyx are needed for further verification. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com>wrote: > Nehaji, S. bigemina is a low herb(5-10 cm) with tiny flowers and S. > setulosa is a tall herb (1-1.5 m) found on hills which blooms in > October. This is a small erect herb ( 10-20 cm) with flowers in short > racemes. From location, season and general appearance his would be S. > hirsuta. For a specific justfication of ID from calyx and leaflets a > specimen would be necessary. Regards, Shrikant > > On Sep 6, 12:03 pm, Neha Singh <neha.vind...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Dear members, > > I posted this Double Paired Smithia yesterday. Tabish Ji from > "Flowers > > of India" told me that it is Smithia setulosa* *and not Smithia bigemina. > > In his words " Double Paired Smithia has 4 leaflets grouped together ". > > > > Plz conform. > > > > Regards > > Neha Singh* > > *
