Sending links for A. serrata for comparison http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~jswc3242/900.html
<http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~jswc3242/900.html> http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%B0%8F%E8%A1%9D%E7%BE%BD%E6%A0%B9%E7%A9%BA%E6%9C%A8 <http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%B0%8F%E8%A1%9D%E7%BE%BD%E6%A0%B9%E7%A9%BA%E6%9C%A8> http://www.ncn-t.net/watch-dog/newpage69.htm <http://www.ncn-t.net/watch-dog/newpage69.htm> http://blog.foxtail.main.jp/?page=7 <http://blog.foxtail.main.jp/?page=7> -- 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 19, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today I received the deliver of my purchase Hortus Third, a monumental work > on cultivated plants. As opposed to Manual of Cultivated Plants, this book > has entries arranged in alphabetic sequence (and not family-wise). The first > use of this book lead me to rethink about the correct identity of my Abelia > uploaded from Kashmir. I am now inclined to think that this plant is in fact > Abelia x grandiflora and not A. serrata. The distinguishing features are > shining leaves, more or less bell-shaped corolla, fls in loose panicles and > 2-5 sepals. A. serrata has hairy leaves, fls in pairs, corolla funnel > shaped, and sepals consistently 2. I am uploading the plants again. > > > -- > 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/ > >
