I too think that this would be Nilgrianthus sp or Strobilanthes sp. Regards, Giby
On Aug 25, 2:37 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps the same question. Can we expect this genus in NW India? > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:40 PM, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It look like Nilgrianthus sp. to me. > > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Dear Neil ji > >> My information was based only on what I read from FBI. I would be happy if > >> you are correct. I could not find some good photographs on the net. Kindly > >> upload if you have some good photographs to help. > > >> -- > >> 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, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Neil Soares > >> <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > >>> Hi Prof. Singh, > >>> I have seen and I have opined. You in your infinite wisdom have > >>> decreed otherwise. I, therefore, have to defer to your expertise. > > >>> Be that as it may ...Dr. Almeida writes '" Leaves ....densely > >>> lineolate on both sides,the upper side and the nerves beneath rough with > >>> short stiff hair..... . Flowers in pedunculate, ovoid, viscid spikes > >>> ....solitary and axillary, or in branched [often ternate] cymes which are > >>> axillary or terminally clustered.... > > >>> Mr.Ingalhalikar in his 'Flowers of the Sayadris' writes " Leaves > >>> opposite.....densely hairy.... > >>> With regards, > >>> Neil Soares. > > >>> --- On *Sat, 8/20/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > >>> From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > >>> Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77709] 19042011GS1 for ID from Morni > >>> hills > >>> To: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > >>> Cc: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "J.M. Garg" < > >>> jmga...@gmail.com>, vinayak...@gmail.com, vijay.botan...@gmail.com, > >>> giby.kuriak...@gmail.com, adava...@gmail.com, noorunnisa.be...@frlht.org, > >>> navendu.p...@gmail.com, balkara...@gmail.com, nidhansingh...@gmail.com, > >>> neerajsan...@gmail.com, tabi...@gmail.com, sahanipan...@gmail.com, > >>> prajnes...@gmail.com, parma...@sancharnet.in, amitci...@gmail.com, > >>> alokisabe...@gmail.com, tanaybos...@gmail.com > >>> Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 6:48 PM > > >>> Neil ji > >>> Thelepaepale ixiocephala (Strobilanthes ixiocephalus) according to FBI > >>> has nearly glabrous leaves (not woolly beneath) and flowers in heads. Not > >>> in > >>> this plant. > > >>> -- > >>> 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, Aug 20, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Neil Soares > >>> <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > >>> > wrote: > > >>> Hi, > >>> This looks like Thelepaepale ixiocephala to me. > >>> Regards, > >>> Neil Soares. > > >>> --- On *Sat, 8/20/11, J.M. Garg > >>> <jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> > >>> >* wrote: > > >>> From: J.M. Garg > >>> <jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> > > >>> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77693] 19042011GS1 for ID from Morni hills > > >>> To: "efloraofindia" > >>> <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix@googlegrou...> > > >>> Cc: > >>> vinayak...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vinayak...@gmail.com>, > >>> vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com>, > >>> giby.kuriak...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>, > >>> adava...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=adava...@gmail.com>, > >>> noorunnisa.be...@frlht.org<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=noorunnisa.be...@frlht.org>, > >>> navendu.p...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=navendu.p...@gmail.com>, > >>> balkara...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=balkara...@gmail.com>, > >>> nidhansingh...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nidhansingh...@gmail.com>, > >>> neerajsan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=neerajsan...@gmail.com>, > >>> singh...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=singh...@gmail.com>, > >>> tabi...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tabi...@gmail.com>, > >>> sahanipan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sahanipan...@gmail.com>, > >>> prajnes...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=prajnes...@gmail.com>, > >>> parma...@sancharnet.in<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=parma...@sancharnet.in>, > >>> amitci...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=amitci...@gmail.com>, > >>> alokisabe...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=alokisabe...@gmail.com>, > >>> tanaybos...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tanaybos...@gmail.com> > >>> Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 1:01 PM > > >>> Resurfacing again for ID > >>> Earlier feedback > >>> Dinesh ji................................ some Ruellia-like member of * > >>> Acanthaceae*. > >>> Vijayasankar ji.......................Any *Strobilanthes species? > >>> *Singh ji......................................it looks like * > >>> Strobilanthes > >>> *My search in Floras and net did not yield any species reported from > >>> North, but wild search from Net and finally FBI landed me to *S. > >>> gossypinus* T. Anders. reported from mountains of S. Deccan and Mysore. > >>> Perhaps you can comment on this. > > >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>> From: *Gurcharan Singh* > >>> <singh...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=singh...@gmail.com> > > >>> Date: 19 April 2011 08:33 > >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:67497] 19042011GS1 for ID from Morni hills > >>> To: efloraofindia > >>> <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix@googlegrou...> > > >>> 19042011GS1 for ID from Morni hills, growing on open hill slopes, > >>> photographed on April 9, 2011 > > >>> Herb with opposite tomentose leaves, up to 12 cm long; flowers blue, > >>> about 1.5 cm long, in clusters. > > >>> -- > >>> 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/ > > >>> -- > >>> With regards, > >>> J.M.Garg > >>> (jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> > >>> ) > >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > >>> alphabetically & place-wise): > >>>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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