New Plant Records from South India

The present paper reports twenty-five species of Angiosperms, not previously reported from the area coming under the Flora of the Presidency of Madras by Gamble. They are : Parabaena sagittata Miers, Abelmoschus crinitus Wall., Tetrastigma bracteolatum (Wall.) Planch., Moghania prostrata (Roxb.) Mukerjee, Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud., Pimpinella bracteata Haines, Thladiantha cordifolia (Bl.) Cogn., Paederia foetida L., Richardia scabra L., Anaphalis adnata DC., Lysimachia altemifolia Wall., L. decurrens Forst. f., Evolvulus nummularius L., Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl, Verbena officinalis L., Polygonum barbatum L. ssp. gracile Danser, P. orientate L., Bridelia pubescens Kurz, Cudrania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kudo and Masam., Boehmeria scabrella Gaud., Ficus auriculata Lour., F. rumphii Bl., Habenaria furcifera Lindl., Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Schott and Arundinella bengalensis (Spr.) Druce. Important synonyms, detailed descriptions with chief distinguishing characters and diagrams for a few species are also presented.