ANOTHER SET OF GREAT COLLECTION FROM RASHIDA JI TANAY On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:22 AM, rashida atthar <rashidaatt...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> > Saw this fascinating tree for the first time fruiting at Kulgi, Dandeli > and Anshi WLS, Karnataka. As per Dr. Almeida's Flora of Mah. Vol I pg : 93 > .." the flowers are supposed to be secund, in axillary panicles, the > panicles 1-6 together, slender, glabrous, shorter or rarely longer than the > leaves; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm long; pedicles very short.Calyx glabrous; > lobes ( when flowering) ovate, obtuse, the exterior larger. Petals pink, 6 > mm long, oblong, acute, externally pubescent,ciliate. Filaments 10, dilated > at the base, each alternate one carrying 2 anthers; anthers ovate, each with > long filiform appendage about 4 times its length." We only saw one twig with > some flowers otherwise mainly fruiting. > > We saw the fruits with nuts 1 cm long, ovoid, apiculate, glabrous, > surrounded by the accrescent calyx, 2 of the lobes of which are developed > into long crimson wings 5-7 by 5 - 1.5 cm oblong- ovovate , 7-9 nerved. On > dissection One could see the three suppressed sepals. > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > The latest auto launches and test drives Drag n' > drop<http://autos.in.msn.com/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
