BurJt,. BOZ. SURV. tNbtA vol 15, Nos. 1 & 2 : p11. 79-93, 1971

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF I'ACHMARHI (MADIIYA 1'RAI)ESH) H. 0. SAXENA Natiottal Botanic Gar(/e~ts,Lt~cknow

Pachmalhi, a popular hill station of Madllya Pradesh, having in it the highest hill top (Dhupgarh) of central India, presents very interesting features in its flora. 11 has received attention by several bota- nists due to its popularity and importance from floristic point of view and a number of contributions to the flora were made by thcm (Gflnzble 1892, Gmhflnl 1914-15, Parrdy &' Srionstava 1952, Rao G3 Nararayana- rwamy 1960, Kapoor €3 Yadau 1962 and others). The present paper records 30+ species of flowering plants and ferns, which are reported for the first time fi-om Pachmarhi. Sixteen species are new records for Madhya Pradesh (marked by single asterisk) and twelve for central India (marked by double astr- risk). The species, of which previous record was found to be based on wrong identifications have been excluded from the flora, namely Finlbrisl~li~PodocflrPflNces & Meyen, ilrtlrraro~tserrulatrrs Hochst., Arlozcii- tda tzepalensis Trin., Eragrostis tzf~tans(Rctz.1 Nees ex Steud., SporoboLzis elo~rgatrrsR. Br, and ffripogutr pai~perculus Stapf.

INTRODUCTION Iledyotidifulicl, Pogosternofl pltrpzrrnscetls and Cro- I'achmarhi, popularly known iis "Queen of Sat- tcclnric~ flrcrla are species of south and south-west ~i~ra"due to its splendid natural i~eauty,is situated India. on a plateau of ~at~l~raRange which lies 22'28' N The flora of Pachnlarhi, has attracted atten- and 78"26'E. It is 51 kilometres from I'ipariya station tion of several botanists in the past anti a number on the Itarsi-Jabalpur Section of the Central Railway of contribytions were made by them : i~nportai~t and is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district, cnes are: Forsyth (1872, 1889, ~g~g),Stewart & hladhya Pradesh. The plateau on which the town Ijrandis (1874, Gamble (1892), Hole (1906), Wirt stands at an elevation of just 1,067 m (3,500 ft) is (1916), Graham (1914-15),Haincs (1g16),Mukherjec 60 sq. kilometres in area, surrounded I)y prominent (1923) and Pandey & Srivastavri (1952). Rao and Narayanaswamy (1960) l~ublisheda list of 308 spc- peaks like Mahadev (1,328 111 or 4.358 ft) on the south, Chauradeo (1,312 m or 4,303 ft) on the south- cics from Parh~narhiand adjacent regions (Chhind- east and Uhupgarh (1,350 m or 4,429 ft) on the wara, Khandwa, Pipariya, Asirgarh, Retul and south-west. Dhupgarli is the highest hill top of Itarsi). Then, Kapoor e( Yadav (1062) reported gz the central India. additionil species to thc area. Out of the total area of 60 sq. kilometres covered In the present paper 304 ad

Eragrostis nzrtans (Retz.) Nees ex Steud., Sporobolus Thespesia lamps (Cav.) Dalz. clongatus R. Br. and Trtpogon pat@erculus Stapf. Occasional in wast:: lands, also in foresis. F1. Oct. The area of the present study covers Pachmarhi Saxena 336 (SFRI). proper and the adjoining hills. Itinerary of the STERCULIACEAE collections being Mahadev on the south Chaura- Sterclrlizt wens Roxb. garh (or Chauradeo) on the south-east, Dhupgarh Rare in forests: Apsara Bihar, towards Kanji- on the south-west, Jambudeep on the north and ghat etc. F1. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 83368. (LWG). 3 kilometres towards Kanjighat ot~the north-east. Loc. nanze: Kullu. The present paper is the result of six years study both in the field and herbarium. The specimens TILIACEAE collected are preserved in the herbaria of the State Corrhorus aestuans Linn. @on Forsk.). Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur (SFRI) and C. ncutangulus Lam. National Botanic Gardens, Lucknow (LWG). Be- Weed in waste places. Saxena s.n (SFRI). sides, collections from Pachmarhi by previous bota- Grewia rothii DC; nists present in the herbaria of National Botanic Frequent in forests: Gahra Nala. F1. Aug.-Oct. Gardens, Lucknow ; Botanical Survey of India, Saxena 1072 (SFRI); Saxena & Khotele 8250 Central Circle, Allahabad (BSA) and Forest Re- (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey 83517 (LWG). search Institute, Dehra Dun (IID), were also LOC.name : Gangerua. examined. Tridetta amua Linn. Common in wastelands, along waysides. F1. ENUMERATION Sept. Saxena 503 (SFRI). PAPAVERACEAE T. ptandra A. Rich. Argemoae mexicam Linn. T neglecta W.& A. Occasional in waste places, along roadsides etc. Common in waste places: Down EalI. F1. Sept. Apsara Bihar, Down ~afi,Jatashankar, Rajat Prapat. Saxena 1091 (SFRI). F1. Sept. Saxena 61 16 (SFRI). LINACEAE VIOLACEAE Viola patriiii DC. ex Gring. Lirm naysoreme Heyne Hare in damp shady valley: Down Fall. FJ. Oct. Occasional in open flat grounds : Pachrnarhi, Saxena & Khotele 8168 (SFRI). Jambudeep. F1. ~eit.-~ct.Saxenn & Khotele 8132 (SFRI) ; Saxena 59 I, 7966 (SFRI) ; Hiralal 330 1j FLAGOURTI ACEAE Cochlospermum religiosuam (Linn.) Alston (LWG). C. gossypium DC. Reinwardtia indica Dumort. Rare in forests towards Karanjia. Saxena & Panrley Rare in forests : Towards an jig hat. 83510 (LWG). BALSAMINACEAE Loc. name: Bharga, Gugul. Impatiens kleinii W. & A. POLYGALACEAE Common in forests, solnetimes gregarious : Maha- l'dygala chinemis Linn. dev Hill, Handikhoh. F1. Aug. Blraradwaj Acc. No. : Rare in forests Jatashankar, Jambudeep. F1. I r 1670 (DD); Saxena & Pandey 81341, 81366. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 83525 (LWG). (LWG). P. pemicariaefolii DC. Occasional along waysides. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Suxena OXALIDACEAE 997, 8 155 (SFRI). "Biophytllun apodiscias Turcz. MALVACEAE Small herb with pink flowers. Peduncle short. Hibiscus sabdariff a Linn. Pedicel 2-4 mm. Sepals slightly exceeding the cap- Occasional in waste places. F1. Oct. Saxena & sule. Leaflets 3-7 pairs. Seeds round, 0.4-0.5 mm in Khotele 7858 (SFRI). diameter with scattered tubercles. .Rare in sheltered- Sida veronicaefolla Lamk. places: on way to Beefall. F1. Sept. Saxena 1060. Common in waste places, a!ong way sides in (SFRI). forests : Tamhudeep. F1. Sept.-Oct. Saxenn 396, 513. B. reinwardtii (Zucc.) Klotz. 5'5 (SFRI). Down Fall. F1. Aug. Saxena 1086 (SFRI). 19711 SAXENA: A CONTRIB~TIONTO THE FLORA OF ~'ACHMAHHI, h.1.p. Biophytum sensitivum (Linn.) DC. SAPINDACEAE Common along waysides. Fi. Sept. Saxena 368, Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken 517 (SFRI). Occasional in valleys : Apsara Bihar. Oxali~latifolia H.B.K. Loc. name: Kusum. Jatashankar. F1. Sept. Hiralal 33092 (LWG). ANACARDIACEAE Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr, BURSERACEAE L. grandis (Dennst.) Engl. Bcr;swellia errata Roxb. Occasional in forests. Rare in mixed forest : towards Kanjighat. Loc. name: Gunja. Loc. name: Gurar. Mmgifera indica Linn. Gmppinnata Roxb. Commonly planted and also found in valleys in Occasional around Pachmarhi : Mahadev. Er. apparently wild state. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 83325 (LWG). Semvw anacardium Linn. f. Loc. name: Kekar. Rare in forests, mainly sal forests: Apsara Bihar, MELIACEAE Pachmarhi-Pipariya Road, Gahra Nala .etc. Saxenu Melia medarach Linn. & Pandey 83527 (LWG). Planted in compounds and gardens. F1. Oct. Loc. name: Bhelwa. Saxena & Khotele 8 198 (SFRI). PAPILIONACEAE Loc. name: Bakain. Abrw precatolliup Linn. Soymidia febrifuga A. Juss. Seen at Kuakhad. Seeds bright scarlet or white Rare in forests towards Kanjighat. with one end black. Loc. name: Rohini. Loc. name: Gugchi. Tooma ciliata Roem. Bdea ma-ma (Lam.) Taub. Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottl. Rare: seen at Apsara FalI. Planted in avenues. Pachmarhi-Pipariya Road. B. mperba Roxb. Loc. name: Tun. Rare : seen towards Kanjighat. *'Crobrelaria nana Burm. f. RHAMNACEAE C. umbellata Wight ex W.& A. ziphus oeno3lia Mill. Rare in forests. F1. Sepf.-Oct. Saxena s.n. (SFRI). Rare in forests : ~achmarhi-Kanjighat, Rajat C. wricea Retz. Prapat. FI. Oct. Saxena 7901 (SFRI); Saxena & Apsara . Fall. F1. Oct. Saxena 6. Khotele 7856 Pandey 8328 (LWG). (SFRI). Loc. name: Makoi. Dalbergia paniulata Roxb. VITACEAE Occasional in forests: Fr. Aug. Saxena & Pandey Ampelocimus ~atifolia(Roxb.) Planch. 81335 (LWG). Vitis latifolia Roxb. Loc. nurne: Phansi. Occasional in forests. F1. Sept. Saxena 1068 (SF"RI). D. sism Roxb. ex' DC. A. tmwntosa Planch, Planted on roadsides. Fr. Sept. Slrxena 1001 (SFRI). Vitis tomentosa Heyne Dolihas biflorw Linn, Occasional in forests in sheltered places : Mzihadev Found as escape. El. Sept. Saiena 597 (SFRI). Hill. Saxena & Pandey 83306 (LWG). Loc. name: Kulthi. Loc. narrie : Dokarbel. Galactia tenuiilora (Klein ex Willd.) W. & A. Lea bracteata C. B. C1. Occasional in sal forest : Jatashankar, Jambu- Occasional in forests. El. and Fr. Oct. Savena deep, Rajat Prapat. F1. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 8119 (SFRI). 83526, 83358 (LWG). L. crigpa Linn. Phaseolw aureus Roxb. P. radiattrs auct. non Linn. Frequent in forest undergrowth : ~h~pgarh. Aug.-Sept. Hiralal 33287 (LWG). Occasional as escape. El. Sept. Saxena s.n. (SFRI;). Loc. name: Hansia dhapan. Loc. name: Mung. Phaseohm muogo Linn. C. occidentdis Linn. Common as escape. F1 Sept. Saxena 1032 (SFRI) ; Occasional in wastelands. F1. and Fr. Sept.-Nov. Saxena & Khotele 798 I (SFRI). Saxena & Khotete 8 154 (SFRI). Loc. name: Urda. Loc, name: Kasondi. P. mlhtns Linn. (auct. FBI.) Harchvickia binat8 Roxb. P. trinervius Heyne Rare in forests : Apsara Bihar, Rajat Prapat, Kanji- P. sublobatus Roxb. ghat. Saxena & Pandev 83354 (LWG). Occasional in forests. F1. Sept. Saxena 472, 533, Loc. name: Anjan. 1074 (SFRI). MIMOSACEAE P. hilobus Air. Acacia catechu (Linn. f.) Willd. Rare. F1. Sept. Saxena s.n. (SFRI). Rare : Apsara Bihar, Kanjighat. Saxena & Pandey Poqpmia bat.(Linn.) Pierre 83329 (SFRI). Planted in avenues. F1. Aug.-Sept., Saxena 1002 Loc. name: Khair. (SFRI) ; Saxersa & Pandey 83385 (LWG). A'lbizzia lebbeck (Linn.) Benth. Pueraria tuber- (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. Occasional in forests. Saxena s.n. (SFRI). Rare : Mahadev-Chauragarh. Loc. name : Chichola. Loc. name: Patal Kumra. ROSACEAE Smithia conferta J. E. Smith *Rubus ellipticus Sm. S. geminiflora Roth Rare in valleys: Kua Khud. Saxena 1003 (SFRI). Along water courses : Jamhudeep. F1. Sept.-Oct. DROSERACEAE Saxena & Khotele 8204 (SFRI) ; Saxena 453 (SFRI). Drosere bdiVahl **S. pycnantbs Benth, ex Baker In open marshy places, often a~mongrocks along Rare on way to Dhupgarh. F1. Sept. Saxena 1042 streams : Jambudeep. F1. Sept. Saxena 8162 (SFRI) ; (SFRI). Maheshwuri Acc. No. 58934 (LWG). 'Iephrosia bamiltod Drum. Dp indica Linn. T. p~rpureaFBI, pro parte. In open marshy places, often among rocks along Rare. F1. Sept. Saxena 1059 (SFRI). streams : Jambudeep. Saxena 4 15 (SFRI). COMBRETACEAE CAESALPINIACEAE Baubinia daMca Roxb. fTerminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. ('bellerica'). Rare in forests towards Kanjighat. Saxena s.n. In sal forests : Kua Khad, Rajat Prapat, Saxena & (SFRI). Pandey 83366 (LWG). Loc. name: Keolar. Loc. name: Bahera. MYRTACEAE B. vablii W. & A. Syzygim cruajni (Linn.) Skeels Common in forests. Saxena s.n. (1,WG). Planted and also found in sal forests: Jumbu- Loc. name: Mahul. deep. Saxena 575 (SFRI). B. variegata Linn. Loc, name: Jamun. Occasional in forests. Saxenu s.n. (SFRI). LECYTHIDACEAE Loc. name : Kachnar, Astar. Careya arborest Roxb. Cadpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston Occasional in forests : Pachmarhi-Dhupgarh. C. sepiaria Roxb. Saxena s.n. (SFRI). Rare : Pipariya Road. Saxena 1008, 8188 (SFRI). Loc. name: Kumbhi. Loc. name: Kirkich. M ELASTOMATACEAE Cassia fistula Linn. Osbeckia truacata D. Don Common in forests and also planted in gardens Rare: shady places near Apsara Bihar. F1. Sept. and avenues. Saxena 1096 (SFRI). Loc. name: Amaltas. ------C. pdoLam. )As Qllowed by Exell (Fl. Meles. 4 : 569, 1954) correct spelling of'the specific epithet should be "bellirico" (and not Common in waste places in forests etc. F1. Sept.- bellerica) exactly as spelled in the basionym-Myrobalaw belli- Oct. Saxena 1029 (SFRI). &a Gaertn. Fruct. 2 : 90, t, 97, f. a-d, 1791 ('bellirina'). 19711 SAXENA : A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF PACHMARHI, M.P. 83 Sonerils tenera Royle Cummis sativlls Linn. Rare in shady places: Apsara Bihar. F1. Sept. Common in waste places and borders of forests. Saxena I 096 (a) (SFRI). El. Sept. Saxena ggo (SFRI). Momordka dioica Roxb. ex Willd. LYTHRACEAE Occasional in forests. Saxena 359 (SFRI). Amrmvlnia baccifera Linn. var. aegyptiaca Koehne Tricho-thes dioica Roxb. A. salicifolia Hiern ; C. B. C1. (non Monti). Herb. 20-60 cm high. Leaves cordate at base. Apsara Fall. Khotele 7874 (SFRI). Flowers and capsules larger than the var. baccifera. UMBELLIFERAE Occasional in moist places. F1. Sept. Saxena 394 Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. (SFRI). H. rotundifolia Roxb. ex DC. Lageratroemist parviflora Roxb. Common in 'moist places along stream bank :, Common in forests. Fr. Aug. Saxena 541 (SFRI) : Jambudeep. Saxena 438 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotele Saxena & Pandey 8 1330 (LWG). 7897 (SFRI). Loc. name : Lendia. Pimpinella bracteats Wall. Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne Common in shady places. F1. Oct. Saxena & Amnaannia pentundra C. B. C1, in FBI. pro parte. Khotele 8 192 (SFRI). Jatashankar. El. and Fr. Sept. Haralal 33159 P. cbiversifolia DC. (LWG). Common in shady places. H. Oct. Saxena & *R. mexicam Cham. & '~checht Khotele 81 14 (SFRI). Ammannia pygmaea S. Kurz P. monoica Dalz. Rare in moist flat ground along wayside: Dhup- Dhupgarh, in forest. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Saxena 1018 garh. F1. Sept. Saxena 1012 (SFRI). (SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotele 7882 (SFRI). R. rotmdifolia (Buch.-Ham.} Koehne Pycmocycla glaoca Royle Ammannia rotundifolia Buch.-Ham. Rare: Chauragarh hill top. Saxena & Pandey Beedam. Hiralal 33170 (LWG). 833'7 (LWG). Loc. name: Dev Kand. ONAGRACEAE Trachyspermum stictocarpum (C. B. C1.) Wolff. *Fimndocmpa liniEolia Bennet in J. Bombay- nat. Rare: Dhupgarh, Mahadev. F1. Oct. Saxena 1080 Hist. Soc. 67 : 126, 1970. (SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotele 8255 (SFRI). Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G. Don) Exell. J~ssiaeahyssopfolia G. Don RUBIACEAE Along water courses: Rajat Prapat. F1. Aug. Anotis calycina FIk. f. Saxena & Pandey 83347 (LWG). This differs from L. Occasional on moist shady rocks, hillsides: Perennis Linn. in having stamens double the number Jambudeep. F1. Sept.-Oct. Saxena 437 (SFRI) ; Saxena of petals. & Khotele 8233 (SFRI). Gardenia turgida Roxb. Ludwigia perennis Linn. (excl. "foliis oppositis"). Jussiaea parviflora Roxb. Pachmarhi. Jain Acc. No. 8749 (LWG). Common in moist situations. El. and Fr. Sepz. Hymenodictyon excelwun (Roxb.) Wall. ex Roxb. Rare in forests. El. Oct. Saxena & Khotele 8197 Saxena & Khotele 7894 (SFRI) ; Saxena 1094 (SFRI) ; (SFRI) Khotele 7838 (SFRI). . Knoxia sumattrenw (Retz.) Lot. name : Jangli long. DC. K. corymbosa Willd. SAMYDACEAE Occasional in forests : Jatashankar. Fi. Sept.-Oct. casearia elliptica Willd. Saxena 1059 (SFRI). C. tomentosa Roxb. Mitragyna parvifoiia Korth. Occasional in forests. F1. Sept. Saxena s.n. (SFRI) ; Occasional in forests: Kanjighat. F1. Sept.-Oct. Saxena & Pandey 83370 (LWG). Sflxena 8 196 (SFRI). CUCURBITACEAE Lot. name: Mundi. Corallocarpua epigaeus (Rottl, & Willd.) C. B. C1. Oldenlmdia affinis (R. & S.) DC. Rare: Gahra Nala. Saxena s.n. (LWG). 0.dichotomn (Koenig ex Roth) Hk. f. (I880); (non LOC,name : Mirchikand, Khirkand, Spreng. I 859). 84 BULLETIN OF THE BOTANICAT, SURVEY OF INDIA [~oL13

Common along waysides in forest. F1. Oct, $menu Common in moist places. & Khotele 82 19, 8251 (SFRI). Loc. name ; Rudravanti. 0ldenhd.a corymbosar Linn. Elephantopu~scsber Linn. Common along waysides, in waste places, forests, Occasional in forests: Jambudeep. Saxena 475, cultivated lands, lawns etc. F1. Aug.-Oct. Saxena 8 180 (SFRI). 502, 1036 (SFRI); Saxena 6. Pandey 83376 (LWG). Loc. narvte : Bajradanti. 0. Muss (Willd.) Roxb. Galinwga parviflora Cav. Common in moist places along waysides and near Weed in Govt, Garden. Fl, Sept, Saxena 1097 stream in forests. F1. Aug.-Oct. Saxena s.n. 432 (SFRI) ; Hzralal 33033 (LWG), (SFRI); Saxena & Khotele 7919 (SFRI) ; Saxena & "Gnaphalium ~~wpureua~Linn. Pandey 81353 (LWG). Occasional in waste places. F1. Sept. Saxena 390, "0.heibacea Willd, 1985 (SFRI). Jambudeep. F1. Sept. Saxena 500, 502 (SFRI). Lawm data (D. Don) Schulz-Bipout ex Oliver. 0. ovatifolia (Cav.) DC. Occasional in waste places. F1. Oct. Saxena 7927 0.nudicaulis Roth (SFRI). Occasional in forests. F1. Sept. Saxena 420, 553 Pwlicaris angwtifolia DC, (SFRI). ~achrnarhi,in waste lands. Fl. Sept. Saxena 495 (SFRI). Spemwdictyon suaveolens Roxb. **§enecio bornbayensis Balak, Hamiltonia szlaveolens Roxb. S, grahamii Hk, f. Mahadev, Dhupgarh, on hill slope. Saxena & Rare: Dhupgarh. F1. Sept. Snxena 1039 (SFRI),, Khotele 81 I 7 (SFRI). S. nudicadis Buch.-Ham. Loc. name : Gandhela. Common in forests, along waysides. F1, Sept. Xeromphia sph(Thunb.) Poir. Saxena 1066 (SFRI). .Ran& dametorum Lam. S. wightii Benth, Occasional in forests. Saxena s.n. (SFRI). S. saxatzlis Hk. f. non Wall. Loc. name : Mainphal. Beedam. F1. Sept. Saxena 981 (SFRI) ; Saxena 6. COMPOSITAE Khotcil 5 7880 (SFRI). Ahost~Iavenia (Linn.) 0.Ktze. var. lavenia Siegesbeckia orientalis Linn. Occasional along streams. F1. Oct, Saxena 7899, Common in waste places, along waysides etc.: 8 I 73 (SFRI). Jambudeep. F1. Sept. Saxena 473 (SFRI). Sonchue oleraceus Blwnea virens DC. inn. Paharnaka. F1. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 8350 Common along waysides. F1. Oct. Saxena c? (LWG). Khotele 8 I r I (SFRI). Tridax procumbeas Linn. Bhmeopeis tlava (DC.) Gagnep. Common in waste places, cultivated lands and Erigeron falcatum auct. pl. non D. Don along waysides: Mahadev. F1. Sept. Saxeha 1062 Laggera fiva (DC.) Benth. (SmI) ; Saxena & Pandey 83302 (LWG). Common on hillsides. F1. Oct. Saxena 8245 (SFRI). *Vicoa cernua Dalz. Cdpe& mini (Linn.) A. Br. & Aschers. Occasional in waste places. F1. Oct. Saxena 7979 Rare on flat grounds along waysides, F1. Sept. (SFRI). Saxena 573 (SFRI). Wedelia tlrticaefolia DC. Conyza canadensis (Linn.) Cronquist ; Cuatr. in Web- Occasional in forest. F1. Sept. Saxena 474 (SFRI). bia 24: 222, 1969. W. wallichii Less. Erigeron canadensis Linn. Occasional in forest. F1. Oct. Saxena 7849 (SmI). Frequent in waste places ; weed in lawns and .cul- Xanthiuom stnrmm Linn. tivated lands : Dhupgarh, Paharnaka. . F1. Sept. Weed in wasteland and cultivated ground. Saxena 992 (SFRI) ; SaxGna & Pandey 81320 (LWG). STYLIDIACEAE CyatbocMne plrpurea (Buch.-Ham, ex D, Don) 0. *Stylidim tenelltun Sw. Ktze. Rare in open moist places near sal forest. M. Sept, C. Zyrata C'ass, Saxena 414 (SFRI). 19711 SAXENA : A CONTRIBUTION TO FLORA OF PACHMARHI, M.P.

PLUMBAGINACEAE *Tylophora CascIcdata Buch.-Ham. Pfmb8g1 zeylrrnlca Linn. Rare in forest undergrowth: Near Gahra Nala, Occasional in open forests. F1. Sept. Saxena 584 Rajat Prapat. F1. Aug. Saxena 83341 (LWG). (Srn). LOGANIACEAE PRIMULACEAE Cynoctonum mitreola (Linn.) Britt. AnagaYis pmniia Sw. Mitreola petiolata (Wall.). Torr. & Gray Centunculus tencilus Duby M,oldenlendioides Wall. ex DC. Rare: Jatashankar. FI. Sept. Saxena 1087 (m). Rare in forests. F1. Sept. Saxena 1034 [SFRJ), Lydmmhia obovata Hk. f. Along stream: Dhupgarh. F1. Aug. Saxena & G NTIANACEAE Pandey 83553 (LWG). Cttmscora decmens Dalz. Along water courses. Saxena 7972, 8182 (SFRI). EBENACEAE C. decma (Roxb.) J. A. et. J. H.- Schult. DMspyrus melaaoxyloln Roxb. Rare in open forest: Jambudeep. F1. Sept. Saxena Rare in forests: Beedam, Apsara Bihar, Rajat 407 (SFRI) ; Saxena 6 Khotele 8182 (SFRI); Prapat. Fr. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 83348 &wG). *Exacm pumilwn Griseb. Loc. name: Tendu. Dhupgarh. Fr. Sept. Saxena 1034 (SFRI). OLEACEAE Hoppea dichotoma Willd. Nyctantheq arbor-lrbtis Linn. Among grasses and ,sedges often gregarious: Common towards Kanjighat. Jambudeep. F1. Sept. Saxena 416 (SFRI). Loc. name: Kharasi. BORAGINACEAE Sehrebera swi~oidesRoxb. Cynogiomm wallichii G. Don Rare in sal forest: Near Gahra Nala. Saxena & Occasional. F1. Sept. Saxena 1052 (SFRI). Pandey 83509 (LWG).

ASCLEPIADACEAE Ipomoea eriocarpsl R. Br. Cal- gigantea (Linn.) Dryand I. hispida (Vahl) R. & S. Scarce: Mahadev-Chaurgarh, roo m. Saxena 6. Occasional in forest: Kanjighat. F1, Sept. Saxena Pandey 81397 (LWG). 563 (SFRI). Loc. name: Aak. I. pes-tigridis Linn. CeMpeeis hirsnota Roxb. Occasional : Jambudeep, F1. Sept. Saxena - 1067 Occasional in forest undergrowth : Gahra Nala, (SFRI). Dhupgarh, Rajat Prapat. FI. Aug. Saxena & Pandey I. nil (Linn.) Roth 8335.83539 (LWG). I. hederacea auct. non Jacq. Loc. name: Bosia Kand. Occasional. F1. Sept. Saxem 465, 1036 (SFRT). Cryptolepis buchananii R. & S. I. pnrpurea (Linn,) Roth Occasional in forest: Mahadev, Handikhoh, Kua- Dhupgarh. FI. Sept. Hiralal 33393 (LWG), khad. Loc. name: Dudhi. SCROPHULARIACEAE Elolwtemma ~~ldd8(Roxb.) K. Schum. Adenosmna bilabiatem (Roxb.) Merr. H. rheedii (Wall.) Spreng. A. capitaturn Benth. Rare in forest : Mahadev-Chaura. F1. Aug. Saxe?*a Beedarn-Bee Fall. FI. & Fr. Sept. Hiralal 33208 ~9-Pandey 833 I o (LWG). FWG). Ho~apnddla Wight Lbopbila .arodca (Lam.) Merr. Creeping on steep, hill side: Handikhoh. Saxena Rare. F1. Oct. Saxena & Khotele 7845 (SFRI). & Pandey 8 I 359 WG). L. connata (Buch.-Ham, ex D. Don) Handel-Mazzet Smemma acid= (Roxb.) Voigt L. hypericifolia (Benth.) Benth. 8. brmistigma W. & A. Rare. F1, Sept. Saxena 445 (SFRI). Creeping or steep rocky slopes: Apsara Bihar. L. hdica (Linn.) Druce Saxem 6. Pandey 83372 (LWG). Frequent along water courses, aquatic : Jambu- Lac. name: Hadjor. deep. F1. Oct. Saxena & Khot~le8159 (SFRI); 86 BULLETIN OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA [Vol. 13

*Lidmkgia tmurtaricc (Roxb.) Bruhl in Reinwardtia **U.pubescears Sm. 7 ' 548,,1969. Scarce: Boggy opcn ground by strea~mnear saf L. urticifolia Lehm. (urticaefoliu n~mcn) forest, among grass and sedges, Eriocaulon spp., U. Frequent in shady places, often on hill slopes or scandcns Benj. and U.arenaria A. DC. Jambudeep, on old walls: Kanjighat, near Power House etc. F1. coo m. F1. & Fr. Late Sept.-Oct. Saxena 41 I B (SFRI). Sept.-Oct. Hiralal 33231 (LWG). *U. striahula Sm. Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell Occasional, often gregarious on moist moss-clad Common in moist places, often gregarious in small rocks, walls, hill sides : Mahadev, Chhote Mahadev. patches. F1. Sept. Saxena 504 (SFRI), Hiralal 32760, F1. Aug.-Sept. Saxena 412 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotek 32304, 32918 (LWG) ; Saxelaa & Pandey 8 I 3 I 3 8 166 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey 8 r 39 I (LwG~. (LWG). U. uliginosa Vahl *Lahirsuta (Benth.) Wettst. Occasional often gregarious in patches among Near Jambudeep. F1. Sept. Saxena 446 (SFRI). grasses in slightly moist situations. F1. Sept. Saxena **L.hookeri C. B. C1. ex Hk. f. var; kunnalraendfi 1013 (SFRI). Pennell In marshy places near stream: ,Rare in shady BIGNONIACEAE places. F1. & Fr. Oct. Saxena & Khotele 8244, 8288, Oroxyluen indicum (Linn.) Vent 8289 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey 8 I 342 (LWG). Rare. Saxena s.n. L. namrmdarftoua (D. Don) Wettst. Loc. name : Bhains Padar. In moist shady places : Mahadev-Chauragarh. F1. Twoma stans (Linn.) H. B. K. Aug. Saxena & p;ndey 83313 (LWG). Frequent in gardens and also apparently run wild L. mditlora (Benth.) Wettst. near by open forests. F1. Oct. Khotele 7807 (SFRI). Occasional in moist spots, often on rocks : Jambu- deep. F1. Sept. Saxena 400 (SFRI). ACANTHACEAE Mazus puntilw (Burm. f.) Steenis Androgmpbis panicdata Nees M. japonicus (Thunb.) 0. Ktze. Frequent in forests : Apsara Bihar. F1. Sept.-Oct. M. rugosus Lour. Saxena 455, 1075 (SFRI) ; Khotele 7802 (SFRI). Occasional in moist shady places. F1. Oct. Saxena Barleria prionitis Linn. & Khotele 8 I 74 (SFRI). In open waste places and open forests. F1. Oct. Striga gamezoides (Willd.) Vatke Saxena & Khotele 7985. S. orobanchoides Benth. Loc. nam: Khatsewa: Jatashankar. F1. Sept. Hiralal 33065 (LWG). Blepharis maderaspten& (Linn.) Roth subsp. made EXCLUDED rasptends var. maderaspatensis B, boerhaviaefolia Pers. Lindenbergza indica (Linn.) 0. Ktze. ; Kapoor & In dry places: Dhupgarh. F1. Oct. Saxena & Yadav in Ind. For. 88: 274, 1962. Khotele 7855 (SFRI) ; Khotele 8103 (SFRI). The herbarium specimen Hiralal 33231 (LWG) on which this species was listed, is referable to Linden- Dicliptera roxburghianro Nees bergia muraria (Roxb.) Bruhl. In forest undergrowth. F1. Oct. Saxena 6 Khotels 8107, 8280 (SFRI). LENTIBULARIACEAE Mpteracanthus idbtic- (Roxb.) Voigt UMcdaria gibbs Linn. subsp. exoleta (R. Br.) P. Ruellia suflruticosa Roxb. Taylor Tamiya-Pachmarhi, F1. July. Panigrahi 6 Singh U. exoleta R. Br. 4483 (BSA). Scarce: On way to Kanjighat, I IOO m-acquatic in stagnant water nearby stream. F1. Oct. Saxena Lepidagathis fascicrrlata Nees 8214, 8242 (SFRI). Below Pachmarhi. F1. Feb. Duthie 10517 (DD). Occurrence of the species at this altitude is in- Rostelhrlaria hetlyotidifalia Nees teresting. Justicia daflusa Willd. var. hedyotidifolia C. B. C1. **U.minifolia Vahl Gregarious in apen rocky places: Dhupgarh, on Rare along streams, F1. Oct. Saxena 7933 (SFRI) ; way to ~ambudee~etc. F1. Aug.-Sept. Saxena Ci. Saxena. & Khotele 8167 (SFRI). Pandey 83350, 83551 (LWG). 19711 SAXENA: A cONTIUBUTION TO THE FLORA OF PACHMARHI, M.P. $7 Plant often turns black on drying. Flowers are L zeylanica R. Br. white. Over all appearance of the plant is quite Rare : Dhupgarh. F1. Oct. Saxena I 048 (SFRI) ; distinct from Justicia diflusa Willd. proper. This Saxena & Khotele 7984 (SERI). was known so far from S. India. Nepeta hhdostana (Roth) Haines Roastellularia simplex Wight In moist places. F1. Sept. Saxena & Khotele 7965, Common. El. Sept. Saxena 48 I (SFRI) ; Hiralal 8183 (SFRI). 33038 (LWG). Orthosiphon rubicundus Benth. RWpectinata (Linn.) Nees In sal forest: Near Gahra Nala. Fl. Aug. Saxena Fairly com,mon along roadsides, banks of streams, S. Pandey 835 I 2 (LWG). in forest undergrowth and in cultivated lands. Fl. PogWrnan prviflorua Benth. Most part of the year. Saxena 1218 (Sm). Rare in valleys near stream. Fr. Aug. Saxena & "Strobilanthes cmpulatw Wight Pandey 81346 (LWG). S. heyneanus Nees var. campanulatzrs C. B. C1. **P. purpwascens Dalz. Scarce: Pachmarhi-Sangam. Fr. Oct. Saxena & Rare in valleys: Bee Fall. F1. Feb. Saxena & Pandey 8281 (LWG). Khotele 7817, 8284 (SFRI) ; Dzcthie 10537 (DD). Hitherto known from W. Ghats (Gamble). This is a species of Concan and Canara. S. edgeworthiam Nees S. auricubtus Nees var. edgmorthiana (Nees) AMARANTHACEAE C. B. Cl. Amaranthus viritb Linn. Occasional in forest undergrowth. F1. Oct. Saxena Common weed in cultivated land and along road- & Khotele 8146 (SFRI) ; Panigrahi 6622 (BSA). side. VERBENACEAE Celosia argent= Linn. Duranta repens Linn. Common : Jambudeep. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Saxena SOF, Planted in hedge rows ; sometimes escapes in 8222 (LWG). forest. F1. Oct. Saxena b Khatele 7937 (SFRI). CHENOPODIACEAE Lantana canmra Linn. var. aculeata (Linn.) Chempdm album Linn. Moldenke Weed in cultivated ground. L, aculeata Linn. POLYGONACEAE L. camara auct. non Linn. Planted and often run wild. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Saxena Polygonurn pedunculare Wall. Along streams. F1, Oct. Saxena 1063 (SFRI) ; I 054. I 08~(SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotele 7884 (SFRI). Saxena & Khotele 7862 (SFRI). Loc. name : Raimunya. Pygmacoprearna herbacea (Roxb.) Moldenkc Premna herbacea Roxb. Frequent along streams. F1. Sept. Saxena 450 In sal forest in moist spots. Saxena Pandey (SFRI). 8339~(LWG). LORANTHACEAE Loc. name : Kamraj. ScurruIa cordifolia (Wall.) G. Don Vitex negmdo Linn. Loran thus cordifolius Wall. Pachmarhi, near Govt. Garden, Tibbet tkhool. Occasional parasite on trees. Saxena 1021 (SFRI) : Saxena & Pandey 83395, 83555 &wG). Saxeita 6. Khotele 8 1291,8230 (SFRI). LABIATAE Lac. name: Banda.

AniswhUus eriocepbalw Benth. EUPHORBIACEAE Occasional in shady places. Saxena 6. Khotele Acalyplca indica Linn. 8228 (SFRI). Found in shady situations. Fl. sept. Saxena 364 Hyptie wdlveolens Poit (SFRI). Occasional in forests. F1. Oct. Snxena 6. Khotele 7986 (SFRI). Bridelia retusa Spreng. Leucaa cephaldes (Roth) Spreng. Occasional in forests: ~andikhoh.F1. & Fr. Aug.- 1027 ; & Common : Dhupgarh, Pachmarhi-Kanjighat. Oct. Saxena (SFRI) Saxena Khotele 7913, Saxena 1048 (SFRI). 8266 (SFRI) ; Saxena 6 Pandey 8 I 373. (LWG). Lot. name: Guma. Loc. name: Khatua. 88 BULLETIN OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF ~NDIA [Vol. 13

Euphorbia ~niculataOrteg, F. microcarpa Linn. In waste places. Saxena s.n. (SFRI). F. retusa auct. non Linn. E. p&ta Ait. Jatashankar, Saxena & Pandev 83386 (LWG). A weed of waste places, Saxena s.n. (SFRI), Loc. name : Paraspipal. E. pycnostegia Boiss. F. tinctorb Forst. f. s~bsp.paradtics (Willd.) Corner Pa~h~marhi.F1. Feb. Duthie 10554 (DD). F. gibbosa B1. var. parasitica (Koen. ex Willd.) King E. thymifolia Linn. Rare : Dhupgarh, Saxena & Pandey 8 r 328 A weed along roadsides. Saxena 568 (SFRI). This (LWG). is closely allied to E. prostrata Ait. F. virens Ait, Phyllaathus fraternus Webster F. znfectoria Willd. sensu Roxb. P. niruri auct. non Linn. F. infectoria (Miq.) Miq. Occasional in forests and waste places. F1. Sept.- F. lacor auct. non Vera. Oct. Saxena 1098 (SFRI). Occasional in forest. Receptacles: Oct. Saxem & P. mad^^ Linn. Kbotele 7971 (SFRI). Occasional in forest. Fl. Sept. Saxena $5 (SFRI). SALICACEAE Ssclninegs leucopyrup (Willd.) Muell.-Arg . Salix tetrasperm Roxb. Flueggea leucoflrus Willd. Along stream : Pachmarhi-Kmjighat. Fl. Oct. The stem has five grooves whence the local name. Snxena & Khotele 8225 (SFRI). Abundant below Dhupgarh. Fr. Aug. Saxena & Loc. name: Vipusa. Pandey 83550 (LWG). Loc. name : Panchdhara. ORCHIDACEAE URTICACEAE Aerides multiflomm Roxb, Elstwtema surcdosm Wight Rare epiphyte. Saxena 1003 ,(SFRI). Rare on moist rocks : Jatashankar. F1. Sept. Suxevza ~endrobikcrepidrobtum Lindl. tog0 (SFRI). An epiphyte: Sangam. F1. Oct. Saxena & KhoteZe Girardiasia palm& (Fork.) Gaud; 8286 (SFRI). G. heterophylla Decne. I). herbaceum Lindl. Pachmarhi-Down Fall. Fl. Sept. Saxena 1058 Occasional in forests : Dhupgarh, Handikhoh. Fl. (SFRI). July-Nov. Saxena 996 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey Lecanthes wightii Wedd. (Fl. Brit. Ind. pro parte) 81324 (LWG). L. Peduncularis Wedd. (pro parte) Eldephia explanata Lindl. Gregarious on .moist hill slopes, rocks, etc, oli way Dhupgarh, in shady places. Saxena 1004 (SFRI). to Jambudeep, Dhupgarh. F1. Aug.-Sept. Saxena E. herbacen Lindl. 434. 1037 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey 8 1392, 8354 I Rare in sal forest: Gahra Nala. Saxena & Pandey (LWG). 83537- (LWG). MORACEAE Loc. na,me : Bansingara. Ficus atnottima Miq. Liparis atroprmspurea Lindl. Scarce: Rajat Prapat. F1. Oct. Saxena & Khotele Pachmarhi. Capt. Further sen. (DD). 8 10% (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey 8 1372, 833367 "*Malaxis mackinnonii (Duthie) Ames (LWG). Microstylis mhcknnonii Duthie F. benghalensis Linn. Scarce :. Dhupgarh, in forests. Fl. Aug. Saxena 6. Rare around Pachmarhi. Pandey 83548 (LWG).Flowers in the specimen cited F. carica Roxb. above were mauve. Colour of the flowers fades to Planted and often found as escape. Receptacles: greenish-yellow after drying. Santapau & Kapdia Sept. Saxena 1056 (SFRI). (Orchids of Bombay) have fused M. wckinnonii F. hispida Linn. f. with M. cardonii and described the flower colour as Near Jatashankar. Saxena & Pandey 83396 yellowish-green. But in our specimen the colour was (LWG). deep reddish-purple as described by Duthie [Jour. F. rdgha Linn. As.-Soc. ~en~.jI-(2): 371 hence the two species have Rare around Pachmarhi. been treated distinct. 19711 SAXENA: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF PACHMARHI, M.P. 89 Nervilia aragoana Gaud. Urginea indica Kun th Pogonia flabelliformzs Lindl. In open places : Handikhoh, Chauragarh, Dhup- Rare in shady places in forest: Gahra Nala, garh. ~axena& Pandey 83309 (LWG). Saxena & Pandey 83538 (LWG). Loc. name : Jangal Gondrk Loc. name: sin batasha. COMMELINACEAE Platanthem mannae (Linn.)' Lindl. Cormnaeliia attenuata Eoenig Habenaria susannae R. Br. ex Spreng. In m~istsheltered places: Rajat Prapat, Dhup- Jatashankar-Jambudeep. Saxena Ef Pandey 83.51 1 garh. F1. Aug.-Sept. Saxena 984 (SF'RI); HiraZal (LWG). 3337 I (LWG); Saxena & Pandey 83369 (LWG). *Rhyncbstylis retusa B1. C. benghalensis Linn. Rare epiphytic orchid. Saxenu rooo (SFRI). Pipariya Road. F1. Sept. Saxena 468 (SFRI) : MUSAC~AE Hiralal 38254 (LWG). Musa sapientum Linn. C. unddata R. Br. Rare in deep shady valleys : Kanjighat, Kala-khad, C. kurzii C. B. C1. Rajat Prapat. C. paludosa B1. var. mathewii (C. B. Cl.) Rao & Loc. name : Jangli kela. Kammathy. ZINGIBERACEAE Qccasional in forest : Handikhoh, Jatashankar. Costus specio6us (Koenig) Sm. F'l. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 8 1348 (LWG) ; Hiralal Rare : ~atashankar-Jambudeep. FI. Sept. Saxena 33 144 (LWG). 6 Pandey 83384 (LWG). PALMAE Loc. name: Keokand. Phoenix lacadlie Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. **Cum- pseudomontana Grah. Occasional in forest undergrowth : Jambudeep. In open places at Chauragarh hill top. F1. Aug. I?. sylvestris (Linn.) Roxb. Faxena & Pandey 81393 (LWG). Tubers ellipsoid at Occasional around Pachmarhi. the end of root-fibres. Spikes pink-purple ; corolla Loc. name : Chhind, Chbindi. yellow; the lower flowers in the spike have corolla exceeding the bracts (field notes). This is allied to ARACEAE C~rcumadecipiens Dalz., which however differs in Amorphophallus bJbifer B1. the purplish corolla. Rare in shady places : Jatashankar, Handikhoh, Saxena & Pandey 83373 Loc. name : SaIam-misri. (LWG). *Zingiber roseum Rosc. Loc. name : Kalasuran. Handikhoh, in shady places. FI. Aug. Suxena Arisaema tartummm Schott 6. Pandey 8 1382 (LWG). Rare in shady places. F1. Sept. Saxena 544, 1007 I.oc. name: Jangli Adrak. (SFRI). ~alaro&tum venorlwn (Ait.) Kunth DIOSCOREACEAE S. guttaturn Schott Dioscom belophylla Voigt . Rare be!ow Chauragarh. Saxena (LWG). Occasional in forests. Saxena & Khotele 7875 Loc. name : Bhasamkand. (SFRI). Loc. name : Nandmati, Krishnamati. ERIOCAULACEAE D. bulbifera Linn. Eriocaulon xerantbmmm Mart. Rajat Prapat. F1. Aug. Saxetla 6. Pandey 83334 In marshy places: Jambudeep. fl. .Sept. Saxena (LWG). 406 (SFRI). LDC.name : Nandmati. CYPERACEAE hwda Denn. Bulbostylie barbata (Rottb.) C. B. C1. D. daemona Roxb. In moist places: Rajat Prapat. Fl. Aug. Saxena Rare in sal forest : on way to Gahra Nala. Snxena Pandey 83351 (LWG). €+ Pandey 83530 (LWG). Cypem aristatw Rottb. Lot. name : Baichandi. Occasional in lawns. F1. Aug.-Sept. Saxena & LILIACEAE Pandey 81309. (LWG). Chlompbytum lamun R. Br. C. brevifolios (Rottb.) Hassk. ssp. breviWus In rocky places. Fr. Oct. Hiralal 38223 &we). Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. go BULLETIN OF THE BOI'ANfCAL SURVEY OF INDIA LVol. 13.

Frequent in moist places, lawns. F1. Sept. Saxe~zu Along stream in marshy places: Rajat Prapat, 444 (SFRI) ; Saxenu & Pandey 8 I 307 (LWG). Handikhoh, Beedam-Beefall. FI. Aug.-Oct. Saxenu Cyprus diaphanus Schrad ex R. & S. 460 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotele 7866 (SFRI) ; C. latesplcatus Boeck Saxena & Pandey 8 I 360, 83355 (LWG) ; Hiralal Jatashankar. F1. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 81302 ; 33245 (LWG). (LWG). Hiralal 33 158 (LWG). S. tesmMata Willd. C. distans Linn. f. In moist places: On way to Gahra Nala. F1. Aug. Pachmarhi. El. Oct. Saxena & Khotele 7847. Saxena & Pandey 83508 (LWG). (SFRI). EXCLUDED C. esculentw Linn. Pirnbrzstylis podocarpa Ness & Meyen ; Kapoor & Chauragarh, 1200 m in open grassland. F1. Aug. Yadav in Indian For. 88 : 275, 1962. Saxena 6. Pandey 81395 (LWG), The herbarium specimens [Hiralal 38239, 33259 *C. putlehellus R. Br. [LWG)] on which the record, of this species from C. leucocephalus Sensu Nees ; FBI. (non Retz.) IGachmarhiwas based (Kapoor, 1.c.) is F. dichotoma Occasional in forest in ,moist spots. F1. Aug. (Linn.) Vahl (non FBI). This is characterised by the Saxena & Pandey 8 1333 (LWG). outer cells of nut being in 5-10 vertical rows, which This is closely allied to C. leucocephalus Retz. in F. podocarpa are in 16-24 rows. which howeverr differs in the lesser- number "of GRAMINEAE spikelets and in the 5-nerved glumes. Alloterqis cimicina (Linn.) Stapf C. niveus Retz. Along water courses: Rajat Prapat. F1. Aug- Common in forests. F1. Aug. Saxena & Pandey Saxena 577 (SFRI) ; Snxena & Pandey 83349 (LWG). 81334 (LWG). Aristidm setacea Retz. C. paniceus (Rottb.) Boeck Common : Jatashankar-Jambudeep, F1. Aug. Marzscus paniceus Vahl Saxena 823 I, 8232 (SFBI) ; Saxena & Pandey 83521 Common around Pachmarhi in lawns, wastelandsl (1,WG). etc. El. & Fr. Aug.-Oct. Saxena & Pandey 81310 Arthraxon lmcifoliw (Trin.) Hochst. 63304 (LWG); Saxena & Khotele 7863. Common on hillsides. El. Sept.-Oct. Saxena 576 C. pilosus Vahl (SFRI) ; Saxena & KIzotde 8287 (SFRI). Occasional along streams. F1, Sepr. Saxena 461, A. meeboldii Stapf 8157 (SFRI). Pach.marhi. F1. Sept. Saxena 497 (SFRI). C. rotunb Linn. A. quartinlanus (A. Rich.) Nash Common in waste places, often in moist situa- Pipariya Road. Hiralrrl 38262 I (LWG). tions. F1. Sept. Saxena 423 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey ArundiieNa setasa Trin. var. metom 8 1315, 83307 (LWG). Dhupgarh, Jatashankar, Rajat Prapat. F1. Aug.- C. triceps (Rottb.) Engl. Sept. Saxena & Pandey 833~6(LWG) ; Hzralnl Kyllinga triceps Rottb. 333 I 19 33352 (LWG). Common. F1. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 81338, 83308 This is characterised by the upper lemna with two (LWG). setae on either side of the awn. The specimens Hira- FimbrisAylis bismballata (Eorsk.) Bub. la1 3331 I, 33352 were wrongly ,identified as A. ne@- F. dzchotoma (non Vahl) sensu F1. Brit. Ind. irnsis Trin. In waste places. F1. Sept. Saxena 373 (SFRI) ; Capillipedium as,rimile (Steud.) A. Camus Saxena & Khotele 8187 (SFRI). In open grasslands around Pachmarhi. F1. Sept.- E'. ovata (Burm. f.) Kern Oct. Saxena & Klzotele 7835, 7932, 7948 (SFRI). F. monostachya Hassk. Cynodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers. In open flat ground in forest clearing: Near Pachmarhi, common in lawns. F1. Aug. Saxena Gahra Nala. Fl. Aug. Saxena & Pandey 83519 & Pandey 8 1301. (LWG). (LWG). Cyrtococcurm oxyphy llum (Steud.) Stapf E: tetragons K. Br. Occasional in forest undergrowth. FI. Sept.-Oct. Pachmarhi. F1. Sept. Saxena 409 (SFRI). Saxena 488, 7839 (SFRI). Scleria levis Retz. Dactyloctenium aegyptiunr (Linn.) Beauv. S. hebecarpa Nees ex Wight In waste places. Fl. Sept. Saxena 571 (SFRT). '97 '1 SAXENA: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF PACHMARHI, M.P. 9' Digitmia sdscendens (H. B. K.) Henr. supsp. admen- Panicurn brevifolium Linn. dens var. crinifarmis Henr. Pachmarhi. Fl. Oct. Snxena & Khotele 7881 Comnlon weed' in .waste places, lawns etc. F1. (SFRI). Aug.-Sept. Saxena & Pandey 8 1302 (LWG). P. paludwum Roxb. D. setigera Roth Pachmarhi-Pipariya Road. F1. Oct. Hiralal 33333, Dhupgarh. F1. & Fr. Aug.-Nov. Saxena 7999 38249 (LWG). (SFRI) ;' Saxena & Pandey 8 r 3 I g (LWG). Paspalidium flavidum (Retz.) A. Camus Echinochloa colonum (Linn.) Link In shady moist places ; weed in lawns. F1. Aug.- In moist places: Beedam. F1. Sept. Saxena 720 Sept. Saxena 985 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Pandey 8 1318 (SFRI). (LWG). Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ~t~pal&commersonii Lam. In moist places : Jatashankar, Mahadev-Chaura- Common in grasslands and lawns, F1. Aug.-Sept. garh. F1. Aug.-Sept. Hiralal 33321 (LWG) ; Saxenn Saxena & Pandey 81306 (LWG). 6. Pan8ey 83323 (LWG). This is cbaracterised by the 5-7-nerved lower This perennial grass is often confused with Era- lemna. grostis nutans (Retz.) Nees, E. chariis (Schult.) P. didchum Linn. Hitch. or often with E. gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. Pachmarhi. F1. Aug. Hiralal 33334 (LWG). which however is annual. Lemna in our specimens P. orbiculare Forst. is upto 2 mm long (upto 1.8 mm long-Bor). On way to Apsara Fall. F1. at.Saxma & Khotele E. viscosa (Retz.) Trin. 7889 (SFRI). Frequent in waste places, lawns etc. F1. Sept. Pennisetnm orientale L. C. Rich. Saxena 572 (SFRI). Near Big Fall. F1. Dec. Panigrahi 6663 (BSA). Eulaliopsis bimata (Retz.) C, E. Hubb. Phragmitis karlia (Retz.) Trin. Frequent in' forests i Jatashankar-Jambudeep, on Pachmarhi. F1. Oct.. Saxena & Khotele 7867 way to Gahra Nala in forest. El. Aug. Saxena 6. (SFRI). Pfindey 8052, 83535 (LWG). Saccharum spontrureurm Linn. Loc. name: Baber. Jatashankar-Jambudeep. F1. Aug. Saxem 6. Hemarthria compresm (Linn.) R. Br. Pandey 83514. (LWG). Subaquatic : Jambudeep. Saxena & Pf~ndey83375 LOG: name : Kans. (LWG). In the specimen3 cited above the lower Setaria paUide-fwa (Schum.) Stapf et C. E. Hubb. g!ume of the sessile spikel'et is about 3 mm long S. glauca. Nees (4-4,5 mm-Bor). Fairly common. F1. Sept. Saxena 101 I (SFR1) ; Imprats cylindrics (Linn:) P. Beauy. Saxena & Pandey 81305 (LWG) ; Saxena KIzotele Pachmarhi. Saxena 1043 (SFRI) ; &~ena & 7820, 7850 (SFRI) ; Hzralal 38209. (LWG). Khotele 7942 (SFRI) ; Khotele 7826 (SFRI). S. verticillata (Linn.) P. Beauv. Isachne globosa (Thunb.) 0. Ktze. In waste places. Sept. Saxena 1010 (SFRI). Pachmarhi. F1. Oct. Sasena & Khotele 7851 FI. (SFRI). Sporobolus diander (Retz.) P. Beauv. 1, graciUs C. E. Hubb. Common in waste places, in forest: Rajat Prapat, On shady hillsides. F1. Oct. Saxena 6 Khotele Jatashankar-Jambudeep. F1. Aug. Saxenae& Pandey 83352, 83522 (LWG). 7909, 7953 (SFRI). Imhaemum duthiei Stapf S. indin. auct. non (Linn.) R Br. Pachrnarhi. F1. Oct, Saxena & Khotele 7845 In moist places. F1. Aug.-Sept. ~iralal33329 (SFRI). (LWG). Themeda triantha Forsk. Manisuris elarkii (Hack.) Bor Pachmarhi. F1. Oct. Saxena & Khotele 8209 In open grasslands. FI. Oct. Saxena & Khotele (SFRI). 7814, 7846 (SFRI). Mieroc~oaindica (Linn. f.) P. .Beauv. Trip- capillmtw Jadb. & Spach Pachmarhi. F1. Sept. Saxena 548 (SFRI). Pachmarhi. FI. Sept.-Oct. Hiralal 33347 (LWG). OpImna8 bu.rmanii (Rerz.) P. Beauv The specimen cited above was wrongly identified as Around pachmarhi. $1. Sept. Snsena 489 (SFRI). Tripogon pazcperculzrs Stapf and listed by Kapoor Sr g2 BULLETIN OF THE BOTANICAI. SURVEY OF INDIA pol. "3

Yadav (1.c.) from Pachmarhi. T. capillatus is POLYPODIACEAE characterised by the awn of the lemna being Paraleptochilus decucrens ('1.) Copel. several times as long as the length of the lernna. Gymnopteris variabilis Hook. Along Stream under drippling rock : Handikhoh. EXCLUDED Fertile: Aug. Saxena & Pandey 81361, 81381 Arthrawon serrztlatus Hochst. ; Kapoor & Yadav in (LWG); Saxena 508 (SFRI) ; Saxena & Khotelo Indian For. 88: 275. 1962. 8178 (SFRI). This species was listed by Kapoor & Yadav from Pachmarhi, but the specimen [Hiralal 382621 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (LWG)] on which its record was based is Arthaxon The author is thankful to the Director, National quartinianus (A. Rich.) Nash. Botanic Gardens, Lucknow ; to Dr. J. K, 'Mahesh- Arundinella nepalensis Trin. ; Kapoor & Yadav, wari, Assistant Director, ~ationalBotanic Gardens, 1.c. 275. 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