Alok ji I fear your plant may not be Silene setisperma, and same is also true of Flowers of India
The whole problem seems to arise from the fact that flowers of Himalayas Plate 18 has only swollen calyx and no petals visible, and it does not list Silene indica. Your plant may be Silene indica var. indica only. Silene setisperma is based on Lychnis inflata (not to be confused with Silene inflata), is a much distinct plant with rounded corolla lobes, and a plant again not reported from Pakistan (see eFl Pakistan) although Flora Himalayas mentions so. http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/westwood/moths1/high/IMG_3563.html -- 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 Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > A new species of Silene for me > Thanks for sharing > Tanay > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> I thought this one to be Silene setisperma, but I await your expert >> opinions.. >> >> Location Pangi >> Altitude 3000 mts >> Habit herb >> Habitat wild >> >> 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 >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
