Thanks Giby & Sheila, Pl also check these Kew holdings. They seem to have similar features to that of our plant (are we checking in right genus?). Let's wait for more comments from members.
http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000031667 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000763811 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000031599 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000031602 Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:13 AM, PlantaholicSheila <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you Giby for the suggestion of Lasianthus micranthus. > > Reading about it, it does seem to be very variable. > I am not clever enough to understand the technical terminology... so > am not sure if this is my shrub or not. I do much better with visual > aids and photos! > > I have searched on www and found a herbarium specimen from Kew. > > http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000031632 > > I cannot see the small semi circular leaflet that was grows on the > stem between the pairs of leaves, or the pair of stipules that show on > my images. > > Hmm! Just not sure....... > >
