Sir, The leaves of this one at the base are 4 cms long and 3 cms wide.. Does that fit the description of S. alata... regards Alok On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 22:03 +0530, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > 4 petals, single fringed gland suggests Swertia alata, but leaves seem > to be narrower. > > > > > -- > 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 Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Alok Mahendroo > <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Silken threads of a spider web, Bhagyashri ji .. just to give > an idea of > scale.... :) > regards > Alok > > On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 21:50 +0530, Madhuri Raut wrote: > > simply beautiful. What are those silkish threads passing > between the > > flowers? > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Alok Mahendroo > > <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > Today I am posting two Swertia sp. observations from > Kalatope > > > > Location Kalatope, Chamba > > Altitude 2100 mts > > Habit herb > > Habitat wild > > Plant height 2 feet > > > > In this one the white part near the nectaries is > like > > eyelashes and the > > flowers are 1.2 cms across > > regards > > Alok > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, India > > > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > > > http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 > > > > > > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, India > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 > > > > > >
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