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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Acknowledgements June 13, 1998 P. DANIEL We thank the Director, BSI, Calcutta, for U.UMAMAHESWARI facilities and Dr. U. Dhanasekera, Curator K. SAMPATHKUMAR (PDA),forconfirmingtheidentityofourmaterial Botanical Survey of India, and sending photocopies of a paratype and the Southern Circle, other specimen cited. The junior authors thank Coimbatore 641 003, the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests, Govt, TamilNadu , ofIndia, for a fellowship. India. Kostermans,A.J.G.H.(1986):NotesonAsiaticCassineL.(Celastraceae).Gcird. Bull.Singapore39: 177-191. 31. OCCURRENCE OF GONIOPHLEBIUMAMOENUM(WALL. EX METT.) J.SM. IN BIHAR While exploring the flora of Singhbhum of pinnules slightly reduced, deflexed dist., Bihar during 1993-94, we collected a downwards; rachis sparsely scaly on ventral specimenofGoniophlebiumamoenum(Wall, ex surfaces; sori at the tip of included veinlets, m Mett.) J.Sm. at Meghahatuburu (1200 above biseriate along the costae. msl). A critical review ofthe existing literature Theplantwasanepiphyteaswellasrarely (Haines 1924; Mooney 1950; Chowdhury 1973 growing onthe forest floor. and Dixit 1984) reveals that this species has not Specimen examined: Bihar, Singhbhum so farbeen recorded from the state and is being district, Meghahatuburu (1200 m), S.N. Basu. reported for the first time. The specimen is deposited in the Departmentof Goniophlebium amoenum (Wall, ex Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi. Mett.)J.Sm. inHook. Gen. Fil. t.51.1840; Bedd. Ferns Brit. India t. 5. 1965; Handb. Ferns Brit. June 13, 1998 S.N. BASU India317. 1883.Polypodiumamoenum Wall, ex I. GOPE Mett. Abh. Senckneb. Naturf. Ges. 2: 80.1857. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lamina devoid of stellate hairs, glabrous P.O. Tatanagar, Jamshedpur83J 002. or sparsely scaly, simple to pinnate. Veins USHAPRASAD formingregularrowsofareolesalongeithersides P.G. DepartmentofBotany, of costae, free outwards, included veinlets Jamshedpur Co-operative College, solitary, simple, lamina pinnatisect, lowest pair Jamshedpur, Bihar. REFE ENCES Haines,H.H.(1924):TheBotanyofBiharandOrissa,Vol. Chowdhury,N.P. (1973):ThePteridophyteFloraofthe III,BotanicalSurveyofIndia,Calcutta. UpperGangeticPlain,NavayugTraders,NewDelhi. Mooney, H. (1950): Supplementto the BotanyofBihar Dixit,R.D.(1984):ACensusoftheIndianPteridophytes. andOrissa,CatholicPress,Ranchi. BotanicalSurveyofIndia,Calcutta. ON THE OCCURRENCE OF UTRICULARIA BRACHIATA OLIVER 32. (LENTIBULARIACEAE)INGARHWALHIMALAYA (With one text-figure) During routine plant collections from collected a few specimens of the genus remote localities of Garhwal Himalaya, we Utricularia from Rudranath area, Chamoli dist. 496 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORYSOCIETY, 96(3) DEC. 1999