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@googlegroups.com> > > > 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@googlegroups.com> > > > > > 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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