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MISCELLANEOUSNOTES References Anonymous(1985):TheWealthofIndia.RawMaterials Achilleamillefolium L.JournalofPharmaceutical (Revised)PublicationsandInformationDirectorate, Sciences64(11): 1833-1842. CSIR,NewDelhiIA:54-55. Henry,A.N.,C.R. Kumar& V. Chitra(1987): Floraof Chandler, R.F., S.N. Hooker & M.J. Harvey (1982): TamilNaduI.AnalysisVol. 1.Botanical Surveyof EthnobotanyandPhytochemistryofYarrowAchillea India,Coimbatore. millefoliumCompositae.Econ.Bot. 36:203-223. Thakur, R.S., H.S. Puri & A. Hussain (1989): Major Falk,A.J.,S.J.Smolenski,J.Baver& C.L.Bell(1975): medicinal plants of India. Central Institute of Isolationandidentificationofthreenewflavonesfrom MedicinalandAromaticPlants,Lucknow. — 31. NEW RECORD OF PLANTS FROM ORISSA II Orissa is rich in plant wealth. The state cmwide. Spikes terminal, slender, flaccid, 5-10 has 13 districts. Koraput district, a part of the cm long, many flowered, black after drying. Eastern Ghats, lies on the border of Andhra Corolla hypocrateriformis, white. Filaments PradeshandMadhyaPradesh.Haines(1921-25), white. Styles included, white. & apioneerexplorer,collectedveryfewplantsfrom FI. Fr.: May-December. this district, though it is floristically rich. Later Specimen examined: Similguda on, Mooney (1950) wrote on plants collected (Koraput), coll. H.N. Subudhi, 8454 mostly from Western Orissa. During an Remarks: Commonly grows along the ethnobotanicalsurvey,theauthorcollectedsome road side; has white flowers. plantsfromthisdistrict. Oncomparisonwiththe Distribution: Jamaica, Brazil, Argentina, literature, and the specimens available at the Sri Lanka, Malaya. Central National Herbarium (CAL), 3 taxa turnedouttobe new records forOrissa. Correct Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merrill nomenclature, brief diagnostic characters, Int.Rump.Herb.Amb.495, 1917;Fosberg, phenology, collection site, field numbers and Micronesica2: 151, 1967;etinBot.Notiser 129: notes on the ecology and distribution of these 35-38, 1976; Bhandari. FI. Ind. Desert. 228, f. taxa have beenrecorded. 90, 1990; ConvolvulusindicusBurm. inRumph. Herb. Amb. Index Universalis, 7: 6, 1755; Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl Ipomoea congesta R.Br., Prod. 485, 1810; Van Enum. pi. 1: 207, 1804; forma albiflora Ooststr., FI. Mai. 4: 465, 1953. (Moldenke)Moldenke,Phytologia28: 102, 1974; Family: Convolvulaceae. MoldenkeinDass. andFosb., FI. Ceylon4: 264, Twiners, sometimes rooting at nodes, 1983; Stachytarpheta australis forma albiflora denselypilose.Leavesbroadlyovatetoorbicular, Moldenke, Phytologia 3:63, 1949; Verbena entire, 5-12 x 3-5 cm, cordate at base, shortly dichotoma Ruiz& Pav., FI. Peru andChil. 1:23, acuminate; petioles 2-15 cm long. Retrosely pi. 34b, 1798. hairy. Inflorescence axillary peduncle, more or Family: Verbenaceae. lessretroselypilose.Flowersinumbellatecymes; mm Annuals; branches dichotomous, obtusely pedicels 2-8 long. Sepals herbaceous, 10- tetragonal, light grey; branchlets densely 20 cm long. Corolla funnel shaped, glabrous, pubescent. Leaves opposite, decussate; leaf brightblue.Stamenandstyleincluded,withhairs blades membraneous, elliptic to ovate, acute, atbase. Ovary glabrous. serrate along the margins, 1.5-6 cm long, 1-3 Fl.-Fr.: June-October. JOURNAL, BOMBAYNATURAL HISTORYSOCIETY, 97(3),DEC. 2000 459 MISCELLANEOUSNOTES Specimen examined: Similguda Remarks: Grows on rocky hills and in (Koraput), coll. H.N. Subudhi, 9597. stone crevices. Remarks: Grows in wasteland and along Specimenexamined: Similguda(Koraput) road sides. coll. H.N. Subudhi. 8464. Distribution: Circumtropical Illustration: Bhandari, FI. Ind. Desert. Acknowledgements 228. f.90, 1990. We thank the Prof, and Head, P.G. Cyanotis arachnoidea Department of Botany, Utkal University, C.B. Clarke in A & C.DC. Bhubaneswar, for laboratory facilities, and the Monogr. Phan. 3:250,1881; Matthew, FI. Department ofScience & Technology. Govt, of Tam. Cam. 3:1661, 1983; Cyanotispilosa (auct. Orissa, Bhubaneswar for financial aid. non. Roem. &Sch.)Wight. Icon.PI. Indo. Orient t. 2083, 1853. June 26, 2000 H.N. SUBUDHI* Family: Commelinaceae. B.P.CHOUDHURY Semiprostrate herbs. Stems cottony or B.C.ACHARYA cobwebby. Leaves lanceolate, chartaceous, P.G. DepartmentofBotany, cobwebby; base obtuse; margin entire; apex Utkal University, rounded. Cymes terminal or axillary, 2-5 in Bhubaneswar 751 004, Orissa, India. clusters. Corollablue. Stamens 6; filamentswith *PresentAddress: hairs, yellow; anthers oblong. Ovary pilose. Crop Improvement Division, Fl.-Fr.: June-September. Central Rice Research Institute, (ICAR), Distribution: Indianpeninsula, SriLanka. Cuttack 753 006, Orissa, India. References Haines,H.H.(1921-25):TheBotanyofBiharandOrissa, Mooney,H.F.(1950): SupplementtotheBotanyofBihar 1-6,London. andOrissa,CatholicPress,Ranchi. 460 JOURNAL BOMBAYNATURAL HISTORYSOCIETY, 97(3), DEC. 2000