Table Of Contenttrly erose ; sterile pin~~awei th incisions of facilities. Our thanks are due to Sri Arup
crenate lobes ; upper pinnules gradually re- lhitta for typing the manuscript.
duced and upper ones confluent veins im-
n~ersed,b ut evident, times formed, free
1-2
or with a few anastomoses but row of the
areoles rarely complete in one pinn~ile.S o]-i
interrupted by the incisions, inm hmg,
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indusium greenish-brown, subentire, reflexed.
Specimerl examined : INDIA : (Nicohar
Islands) on slopes of hills llctween 46-48 k ~ n
REFERENCES
29.6. I 984, Snrzj(lpp(~ & j 1 7756
(CAI,). Dlx~r,K . 1). AND H. (;HOSH. 'l'lle geuus Lir~dstlca
Distribution : India . (Nicohar Islands), Dryand. cs Snlittl in India. Pror. Indian .4t,(td.
According to Kramer (1971)S . Thailand. in Sci. (PI. Sci.) 92(3) : 233-258. f. 1-47. 1983.
Malesia-Malay Peninsula (Perak). Knaxa:~.K . U. Flora Malesiana ser. I1 pteridophy-
tes. I($) : 177-254. f. 15-56, Map 10 Martinus
Nighotl, Nctherland. 1071.
- --- The 1.ind.saroricl E'cr~lso f the Old World VI.
Grateful thanks are due to the Ilirector, Coatincntal Asiil, Japan and Taiwan. Card.
Botanical Survey of India. Calcutta for the Hrrll. Si/lgn~ore. 26 : 1-48, fl. !I. 1972.
EMRELIA MACROCARPA KING & GAMBLE (WRSINACEAE)-A NEW RECORD
FOR INDIA FROM ANDAMAN ISIANDS
The genus E~~rbcliBau rnl. f. is accredited the author in different seasons. The only
with aho~lr1 6 species in India (Santa~au& floral pans that co~ild be seen are the per-
Henry. 1973) of which only E. microcalvx sistent sepals along with the fruits. It is
Kurz was hitherto rrcorclcd for ~ndarnan assumecI that the taxon flowers very rarely
:md Nirclbar Islanrls (Vnsudeva Rae. ly86)- In which could 11c onc of thc reasons for its
the prcgent paper, the occurrence of another rare occurrence and reproduction. It is worth
species, I+;':.m ncrocarpa King & Gamble, in N. ~nenrioningh ere that Ridley (I 923) inclicated j
Andaman group of islands is recorded \which that E. z King & Gamble to have yos-
is incklentally an ;aldition to thr Inclian sibly iren extinct in the Malay I'eninsula
Flora also. flora.
E. rnecroccrrplr was (lescrihed (I@) f r ~ m A I~rief account of the taxon along with
l'enang, Malay peninsula where the kpccies :l plate is given here to facilitatc the collec-
was reported to be very rare and little known tion of this extremely rare and uncomrnon
(Ridley, 1923). In the Bay Islands too, the species especially in flowering condition in
occurrence of the species is extre~nelyr are. the iielcl.
hence J~lllnerahlet o hahitat destruction. The
spccics is characterised by its large size frllits Embelia marroarpa King & Ga111b1ei n Jour.
which distinguish it from other specie8 of As. Soc. Beng. 2 : I lo. g ; Ridlcy,
the gcnug, Tnrerc~tingly,t hc climber is not FI. M~layP enina. t : ZW. 1923.
Ib+ca in f]orer{ng in ~ ~ b i rtc~ ~f rrc~rirtflb rtu liy A xto~r~lti~ rlhingr hr~~lS,t.r ni i~ntli, riinc*hrs
thick, terete, jointed, with triangular racemes below the branches (Ridle~).S epals
projections in 1-3 whorls around the joints, 4, minute, membranous, triangular, acute,
leaf scars much dilated, bark peeling when persistent. Fruits 2.ox 1.5 cm, globular or
dry. Le.aves simple, I 3- I 9 x 68 cm, coriace- ovoid, in bunches on the short peduncle in
ons, translucent, gland clotted. obovate- leaf axils, light green, fleshy : exocarp some-
elliptic, acuminate, base equi-lateral, some- times blotched with red spots but prominent-
times shortly narrowed, entire, lateral nerves ly on the inner surface, wrinkled when dry :
eel 20 pairs, anastomosing helow ~llargins; endocarp fibrous with acute tip. Seed deep-
petioles ctc 2.0 cln long. Flowers in thick pitted : endosperm ruminate.
J
North Andaman inain island.
The author is to thr 1)irector.
S ~ ~ C ~ ? ) ILP'.IYZN ~ZZ~:P (~K alpong rescr\~c.(i
forests a Kalm, North An(l;l. Hotanic;ll Surrey of i Calcutta h)r
~nan.1 2.7.90. P. '5'. N. R(io cob+:. c n c o ~ ~ r a ~acnd~ ~to~ 1c)r.~ 1~. 1t,. l<llis, fo~-mcl
~ ) I)irc~ctor, ~Andam~an antd Ni~c~l);lr I<nglaod in getting the specimen sent iclmri-
Circle, Hlltanical Survey of India. P)rt Hlai ficd is gratefullv n~knowlrd~ecl.
The help imdcred by 1h.. N.
f a ] 1'. S. N. K,\o
I), , Kegiollal Rotanirt :it KC~VS,u rrey. llotrlt~ilrll Sllrzlc4y uj 11rdj(l, ZJO,~~ / ~ i ~
REFERENQES
~IDLEY, H. N. F1. Malay Penins. 2 : 231-236, 1925. SANTAPAUH, . AND A. N. HENRY. A Dictionary of the
VASUDEVAR AO, M. K. A prelin~inary report on the Flowering Plants in India. Co~~nciolf Scientific
Angiosperms of Andaman-Nicobar Islands 811) : and Industrial Research, New Delhi. 1973.
107. 1986.
MILIUSA MUKERJEEANA D. MITRA & P. CHAKRAB. (ANNONACEAEbA NEW
SPECIES FROM ANDAMAN & NICORAR ISIANDS
While revising the family Annonaceae for base cuneate, apex obtuse to acuminate,
Flora of India, the authors came across seve- 916. 5 x 4-5 cm ; main lateral nerves 10-1 2
ral unidentified materials from Andaman & pain ; petioles 23 mlm long. Flowers bisexual,
Nicobar Islands deposited at GAL. There solitary or 2-3 together, axillay, geenish
were also some living plants at Indian Bbta- to yellow ; pedicels slender, 1.5-2 cm long;
nic Garden, introduced from Andaman bracts minute, basal and submedian,
2,
Islands. Recently a fresh collection has been Sepals 3, valvate, ovate, acute, ca
C~UCOUS.
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made from the sake area. On critical study, I x I mm, pubescent outside. Petals 6 3).
all these materials were found to he con- valvate ; outer 3 like sepals in size and shape ;
specific and reported here as a new species. inner 3 ovate, acute, free, very thick, ca
The species is closely allied to M. roxbur- 5 x 4 mm, pubescent outside. Torus conical.
ghiana (Wall. ex Griff.). Hook. f. & Thorn. Stamens ca I mm long ; filaments short, flat-
tened ; connectives small, apiculate, nor con-
Mihsa makerjeeam D. Mitra et P. Chakrah., cealing the anther-locuks. Carpels many,
qbnov, ca 2 mm long, strigose ; ovary oblong, ovules
M. roxburgh&nor (Wall. ex Griff.) Hook. 3-4 ; style absent ; stigma capitate. Ripe
f. er Thoms. proxime affinis, sed differt flori- carpels many, berries, globose to oblong,
hus semper bisexualibus, septilis petalisque 3 0.5-1 cm .long, red when ripe ; stalks 4-5 mm
exterioribus, ovatis acutis, ca I x I mrp, 3 long. Seeds 1-3, transversely ridged, convex
petalis interioribus liberis, per crassis, cn above.
5 x 4 mm, stipitibus carpellorum maturorum Specimens examined : SOUTH ANDAAIAN
parvioribus, 4-5 mm longis. ISLANDS.R angachang hill jungle, I 0.7. I 895,
TyPw : Alimusjid Hill Jungle, S. Anda- Dr. King's Collector s.n. ; Herb, Hort. Bot,
man Island, 14 Oct, 1895, K~ng's Collector Cal. Andaman grow, 21 April, I 894 ; Herb.
s.n. (Holo. et Lo. in CAL). Hort. Bot. Cal., I .7.1892, R. L. Proudlock I I :
M. rnslkerjeeana is closely related to M. Ind. Bot. Gdn., D. Das 10, 21 Nov. 1963.
roxhsrghiana (Wall. ex Griff.) Hook. f. NICOBARIS LANDS : Car Nicobar, N. G. Nair
& Thoms. differing always in having hisexual go3 ; I March 1974, Karchal, 22 April 1976,
flowers, sepals and the 3 outer petals ovate- P. Chakmborty I I 42 (all paratypes deposited
acute and about I x I mm, the 3 inner petals in CAL & FBI,).
free, very thick, about 5 x 4 mm and the stalk
of ripe carpels shorter, mm long.
,+-J ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Small trees, $8 m tall ; young branches
puberuloua. Leaver ~imple,a lternate, nuti- Autho~a re pmdul to Dr. N. C. Manurn-
pubte, glabrow, oblanc~latct o lmce~larc, dar for the Latln rranrrlstion, Thc nan~co f
