Great new stuff for me
usha di ========= On Sep 14, 1:18 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Gorgeous Catch Sir Thanks for sharing this plant new for me > > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Butomus umbellatus* Linn., Sp. Pl. 372. 1753 > > > Common names: *flowering-rush*, *grassy-rush*, *water-gladiolus* > > * > > * > > * > > * > > *Aquatic perennial herb with rhizome, leaves basal, linear-ensiform with > > sheathing base nearly as long as scape; inflorescence umbellate-cymose, on > > usually 50 cm to 1 m long scape, inflorescence subtended by 2-3 up to 25 mm > > long bracts, bracteoles numerous up to 10 mm long; flowers pink on up to 5-9 > > cm long pedicels; perianth 6, bi-seriate; stamens 5-9, rarely more with > > linear filaments dilated at base; carpels 6-9, free, each with many ovules; > > fruit etaerio of follicles, each with numerous small seeds. * > > * > > * > > *Considered as primitive monocot representative.* > > * > > * > > *Often found in Rodside ditches in Kashmir. Leaves used in making mats and > > baskets, baked rhizomes used as food. Photographed from Narbal near Srinagar > > on Srinagar-Gulmarg Road. Photographed in July.* > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964
