Thanks for this post Sir my plant also now identified
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Swertia chirayita* (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karsten, ; Deutsche Fl. 1025 (1883) > > syn: *Gentiana* *chirayta* Roxb. ; Swertia chirata (Wall.) Clarke > > Tall herb reaching 1.5 m, obscurely angled;cauline leaves subsessile, > elliptic, 4-6 cm long, 5-nerved, lower much longer and often petiolate; > flowers on short pedicels in large panicles, 4-merous; calyx lobes > lanceolate, 5-7 mm long; corolla lurid green-yellow with ovate 6-7 mm long > lobes, with purple veins, each lobe with 2 green glandular depressions at > base, each fringed by white or pink hairs; filaments free; capsule 6-9 mm > long. > > Photographed from Chakrata Deovan Herbal Garden in September. > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
