Gurcharan ji, Beautiful pictures. Where exactly is Apharwat? Is it the same place you go further up from Gulmarg? Aarti
On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Silene cashmeriana* (Royle) Majumdar, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 649 649 , > 1963 > Syn: *Lychnis* *cashmeriana* Royle ; *Melandrium* *cashmerianum* (Royle) > Walp. ; *Silene indica* var. *cashmeriana* (Majumdar) Y. Nasir > > Similar to Silene indica but with more robust habit, scaberulous ovate to > ovate-lanceolate leaves, flowers larger in contracted cymes, calyx larger > 18-25 mm long, green with purplish veins, distinct acute lobes; petals are > distinct from both S. indica var. indica and S. indica var. edgeworthii; > limb as long as var. indica but lobes much more and deeply cut, half as > long as var. edgeworthii but not fimbriate; carpophore 1/4 as long as > capsule. > > Photographed from Apharwat mountain slopes alt. 3200 m in Kashmir. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-1-P1110224.jpg > 257KViewDownload > > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-1-P1110226.jpg > 392KViewDownload > > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-2-P1110227.jpg > 341KViewDownload > > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-3-P1110223.jpg > 311KViewDownload
