A reply;
"It is Linderbergia macrostchya .
Yours,
Krishan Lal"
On 7 August 2013 15:16, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Singh ji,
> Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (2007-
> Description & Keys- *grandiflora, **macrostachya &
> ruderalis*)<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=akXKOaT69SwC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Lindenbergia+macrostachya&source=bl&ots=tnwL5PyBCc&sig=6wWhxJ-FisRCsT7-lJai8BnzQHA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QBQCUtWYCoKMrQfbkoDYDg&ved=0CHgQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=Lindenbergia%20macrostachya&f=false>
> mentions
> *Lindenbergia* *macrostachya* (Benth.) Benth., *Scroph. Ind. 22 1835*. (syn:
> *Stemodia* *macrostachya* Benth.).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> Date: 14 April 2011 17:21
> Subject: [efloraofindia:67136] Lindenbergia macrostachya from Morni hills,
> Haryana for confirmation
> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India <
> [email protected]>
>
>
> I have a feeling that this is the same plant which is represented at FOI
> as Lindenbergia grandiflora. L. grandiflora is supposed to be a plant much
> more densely and spreading hairy with flowers almost 2.5-3 cm long with
> corolla 2-3 times as long as calyx, and also leaves may be up to 20 cm
> long. In our plants the plants are appressed hairy to almost glabrous,
> leaves smaller than 6 am and corolla 10-12 mm long, tube slightly longer
> than calyx.
> There is some some confusion whether our plant should be called as L.
> macrostachya Benth. (Kew Plant List considers it as unresolved name) or L.
> philippensis Benth. which is reported from Nepal Himalayas but without
> citation of synonym. Flora of British India considers this as a variety of
> L. philippensis with shorter petioles and more glabrous parts.
>
> My photograph number 4 looks to be the same but has much interrupted
> inflorescence with distant flowers, or may represent early stage of the
> same plant. Your view please.
>
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