Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

P. L. Mital ¹

Affiliations
1 Government College, Ajmer, IN

Abstract

Five species of Ophioglossum have been recorded for the first time in Rajasthan, four from Mt. Abu and one from Ajmer, These are O. reticulalum, O. gramineium, O. nudicaule, O. costatum and O. petiolatum respectively, Their main characters have been described and a key given for their specific identification. The epidermal and stomatal features do not seem to constitute any major features of diagnostic value.

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P. L. Mital ¹

Affiliations
1 Government College, Ajmer, IN

Abstract

Epidermal studies of thirty seven Indian species of Selaginella have been carried out. On the basis of the presence or absence of sclerotic fibres on the margin of the leaves, distribution of stomata and presence or absence of a ring of subsidiary cells around the stoma etc., a tentative key for the identification of these heterophyllous Indian species of Selaginella has been devised.

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