Contents: Introduction. 1. Collections from the Indian sub-continent in the Herbaria of the Natural History Museum, London/A.R. Vickery. 2. The Herbarium of Pisa Botanic Garden : scientific tradition shapes its future/G. Bedini and F. Garbari. 3. Structure and taxonomic significance of leaf veinlets of the Rutaceae I. Acronychia J. R. & G. Forst/T.A. Rao. 4. Biodiversity in India, 1993/F.R. Fosberg. 5. Herbaria are worth having, but why?David G. Mann. 6. The relationship between future wilderness and In-situ and Ex-situ plant conservation/Brian Morley. 7. Biodiversity and conservation/V.M. Meher-Homji. 8. Herbarium studies and their role in germplasm collecting, conservation and use/R.K. Arora. 9. Depleting plant resources in the Rajasthan desert/N.P. Singh and R.P. Pandey. 10. Conservation of plant diversity : Herbarium and systematics/M.K. Pandit, I.M. Sulaiman and C.R. Babu. 11. Sexual dimorphism in Caesalpinia platyloba Watson/G.V.S. Murthy. 12. Diversity in Indian Hornworts (Bryophyta) : a state of the art report/D.K. Singh. 13. Structure and taxonomic significance of leaf veinlets of the Rutaceae II. Medicosma Hook. f. and Flindersia R. Br./T.A. Rao. 14. Unreported ethnomedicinal uses of plants as Aphrodisiac from the folk-lores of Uttar Pradesh plains, India/K.K. Khanna, V. Mudgal, G. Shukla and P.K. Srivastava. 15. Wild edible plants of Sikkim Himalaya/R.C. Srivastava. 16. Role of herbaria in the study of orchid flora of Arunachal Pradesh, conservation and development with particular reference to orchid herbarium Tipi/S.N. Hegde and A.N. Rao. 17. Green heritage in N.E. region and its conservation/A.S. Chaudhan. 18. Concept and development of herbarium with special reference to India/S.K. Murti and D.K. Singh. 19. Conservation of coastal plant communities in India/L.K. Banerjee. 20. Some plants of ethnopaediatric importance in district Koraput, Orissa/S.C. Srivastava and N. Rout. 21. Monotypic genera of angiosperms in Indian flora need for conservation/B.P. Uniyal and R. Mathur. 22. Botany of Mt. Saramati and its environs/T.M. Hynniewta. 23. Pollen morphology and taxonomy of Connarus andamanicus Mondal (Connaraceae)/M.S. Mondal. 24. The role of Calcutta Herbarium in study of phytogeography and taxonomy of Allium L. in India/Syamali Dasgupta. 25. The Calcutta Herbarium : an introspection/D.B. Deb. 26. Plant genetic resources of Sikkim/D.C.S. Raju and M. Sanjappa. 27. Sesbania roxburghii Merr. – a less known fodder plant/D.C.S. Raju and G.V.S. Murthy. 28. Careya Roxb. In India/M.K. Manna and D.C.S. Raju. 29. List of plants which still maintain wilderness deserve in-situ existence/M.K. Manna, U.P. Samaddar and J. Das. 30. Carrion flowers of Coromandel/D.C.S. Raju and D. Mitra. 31. Critical notes on Rhynchosia Lour. and Dunbaria Wight & Arn. (Fabaceae)/P. Satyanarayana and K. Thothathri. 32. Selective bibliography in connection with herbaria and with special reference to herbaria in India/U.P. Samaddar. 33. Diversity in N.W. Himalayan macrofungi (basidiomycetes) and their conservation/J.R. Sharma. 34. Status of Pteridophytic genera represented by singular species in India and their conservation strategies/R.D. Dixit and Papia Mondal. 35. The genus Alternanthera Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) in India/Geeta Chaudhury and U.C. Bhattacharyya. 36. The family Combretaceae of Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Barin Ghosh.