Thanks for reminding that nice tour Sir On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The last two photographs from Near Nandini between Udhampur and Jammu in J > & K state, taken on August 22, 2011 > > > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *Euphorbia royleana* Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 83. 1862. >> syn: *Euphorbia* *pentagona* Royle >> >> Common names: Danda thor (Punjab, Jammu), Thor, shakarpitan, suli (Hindi) >> Succulent spiny shrub or small tree, up to 6 m tall; branches 5-7 angled, >> 5-7 cm thick, angles more or less undulately winged with paired 3-5 mm long >> stipular spines on distinct shield, with broad flat faces between; leaves >> alternate, sessile or sub-sessile, oblanceolate-spatulate, 5-15 cm long; >> cyathia sessile, in threes, yellowish; glands transversely oblong, ochreous; >> fruit triradiate, smooth, glabrous. >> >> Common in subtropical tracts of Morni, Jammu, Udhampur and Jammu, Pakistan >> and Nepal. Photographed from Cactus Garden, Panchkula in April, 2011 >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
