Ruellia rivularis Schltdl. is a synonym of Hygrophila costata Nees as per The Plant List. And it looks completely different from the pictures posted here. Pl check these links: http://plantgenera.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=44751&language=English http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/mo-159501
This looks like a Dipteracanthus species to me. Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:07 PM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sir, > > Received the ID with a relevant > link<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bell%20Weed.html>of this > plant as > *Ruellia* *rivularis* (syn. *Ruellia* *prostrata* var. > *dejecta*)<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bell%20Weed.html> > . > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> On 1 April 2012 22:54, surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Sir, >>> >>> This is a wild herb, less than 10 inches in height, bearing faint >>> pink-white flower. Is this *Ruelllia* *prostrata* ? >>> >>> Species : UNKNOWN >>> Habit & Habitat : wild herb, uncultivated rural area, roadside >>> Date : 01-04-2012 & 14-03-2012 >>> Place : Nalikul (Hooghly), WB >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4ODMy8HHZOk/T3iOx10GTZI/AAAAAAAAC5s/GXALPM3wR5s/s1600/DSCN0420.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8jo_6gF48NY/T3iO7mhefCI/AAAAAAAAC6U/lakwjzrdxEM/s1600/DSCN1462april01.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6RKAW5Ce29s/T3iPA4nElWI/AAAAAAAAC6o/qMmQcgzdqt8/s1600/DSCN0424.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4_WHdXH3MAA/T3iO2J1fGUI/AAAAAAAAC6A/bwOjIWoVbtY/s1600/DSCN0422.jpg> >>> >>> >>> Thank you & Regards, >>> >>> Surajit Koley >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> >
