Very nice unusual ... last three pics, the fruit bracts remind me of the fingers of YODA from Star Wars raised in admonition of Luke skywalker... in the stentorian voice yet dripping with wisdom and kindness ...*" listen to the force... "*
funny Thanks Usha di On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Lovely Shots > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> This one is* Engelhardtia spicata** Leschen. ex Bl., Bijdr. 528, 1826; E. >> colebrookeana Lindl. ex Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 3, 4. t. 208; Collett, Fl. >> Simlensis 469*. >> >> A small, deciduous tree with grey bark and woolly shoots. Leaves >> imparipinnate, 10-25 x 8-12 cm, ovate-oblong. Leaflets 5-11, obtuse or >> acute, entire, woolly beneath, the terminal one smallest or sometimes >> aborted. Male flowers in slender catkins, small, green. Stamens 4-5, nearly >> sessile. Female flowers in pendulous spikes. Calyx hairy, adnate to the >> ovary. Petals none. Fruit a small, round nut, villous, seated on a 3-lobed >> bract. >> >> Was shot from near Tiuni on May 18, 2012. >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Usha di ===========
