Very nice, Lalithamba ji On 22 Nov 2016 2:23 pm, "Lalithamba Avadhanam" <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Urginea coromandeliana* Hook.f., *Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892.* > > Description: > > Perennial; bulbous geophyte; bulb tunicated, white, 2.5-4 cm across, > globose. Leaves radicle, 10-15 × 0.5-1 cm, thick, canaliculated, acute. > Flowers drooping, dull green, 1 cm long, 3-4mm across, 3-merous, > racemosely, laxly arranged on 15-30 cm long, stiff scape; pedicel 0.4-0.5 > cm long. Perianth lobes 6 in 2 whorls of 3 each, linear oblong, tips of > inner 3 puberulous. Stamens 6, inserted, connate with perianth lobes at > base; anthers yellow, oblong. thin, campanulate. Ovary sessile, 3 loculed, > ovules many in each cell; style filiform, stigmas capitate. Fruiting scape > elongates to 40-60 cm long. Capsule 1cm across, deeply 3-lobed, > loculicidal, 3-valved. Seeds orbicular, flat, 0.5 cm across, black. > > Note: The Plant List treated this species as synonym of *Drimia indica* > (Roxb.)Jessop > > > But due to the differences it is treated separately as per Gamble’s F.P.M > and F.B.I. > > Habitat & location: Common in dry gravelly soils and rocky areas in > hillside forests. Photographed at Velugonda, N.Konda. > > Thank you > > regards > > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
