Nice Catch! Thanks Sir I will upload mine soon On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Leptopus cordifolius Decne., Voy. Inde 4: 155, 1844 *Andrachne* * > cordifolia* (Decne.) Müll.Arg.; *Andrachne* *decaisneana* Baill.; *Arachne > * *cordifolia* (Decne.) Pojark. > > Family Phyllanthaceae > > A small shrub with slender branches; leaves alternate, long petiolate, > ovate oblong, 2-6 cm long, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly hairy; > flowers 4-6 mm across, pale green on long pedicels; male in clusters of 2-6, > female solitary; male flower with calyx 5-parted, petals 5, disc 10-toothed, > stamens 5 surrounding rudimentary ovary; female flower with calyx as in male > enlarging in fruit, petals minute reduced to glands, disc as flesh rim > around base of ovary; styles 3, each deeply divided into 2; capsule globose > 5-6 mm across, 6-valved, 6-seeded. > > Photographed from Kud J & K on 22 August and Mussoorie Chakrata Road near > Baratkhai on 16 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
