Thanks for this illustrative post Viplav Ji..
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Very good post > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On 2 August 2013 21:08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Endemic to Maharashtra, the scapigerous *Dipcadi saxorum* was described >> by Father Ethelbert Blatter from the rocky plateaus atop the Buddhist >> rock-cut Kanheri Caves within Borivali National Park, North Mumbai. These >> basalt uplands are studded with the flowering scapes of this herb in the >> monsoon. >> >> The flowers are quite small at about 1.2 cm in length and the pedicel is >> around 0.6 cm long. The pea-sized fruits are 3-lobed; having examined a >> number of these capsules, I've noticed that each cell bears 6-7 seeds >> unlike Blatter's description - "cells 5-seeded". Have attached a scan of >> the original description from a paper by Ethelbert Blatter & Charles McCann >> - Some new species of plants from the Western Ghats (1928), Journal of the >> Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 32, p. 736. >> >> Photographed in the type locality of this herb on an overcast morning >> last week. >> >> Best wishes, Viplav >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
