No Balkar ji, I did not correct you. I just added information. You had identified it correctly.
-- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sir for validation and correction > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes S. vulgaris is very distinct >> >> http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Bladder%20Campion.html >> >> S. edgeworthii is however much similar to S. setisperma (Lychnis inflata >> not to ber confused with Silene inflata) which does not have fimbriate >> petals although calyx looks similar with darker veins >> >> http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Campion.html >> >> >> S. edgeworthii is, however, now correctly known as *Silene* *indica* >> var. *edgeworthii* (Bocquet) Y.J. >> Nasir<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50312911> >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear All >>> Silene edgeworthii from Chakrata >>> Identified on the basis of the information provided by Gurcharan Ji in an >>> earlier thread >>> “*Silene edgeworthii is distinct from S. vulgaris (formerly Silene >>> inflata)*in that former has 5 (rarely 4) styles and fimbriate petals >>> whereas latter >>> has 3 styles and deeply bilobed petals. You can clearly see three styles >>> and >>> deeply lobed petals in atleast two of my flowers. In that respect your >>> plant >>> looks different: style number is not clear (you may try to count by >>> enlarging your original photographs). >>> Still i have little doubt >>> Pls validate >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
