Contents: 1. A revision of the genus Baliospermum Bl. (Euphorbiaceae) for the Indian subcontinent/T. Chakrabarty and N.P. Balakrishnan. 2. Problems and prospects of botanical methods of mineral exploration with reference to India--an appraisal/M.P. Nayar and P. Venu. 3. Plant life in the Himalayan cold deserts : some adaptive strategies/H.J. Chowdhery and R.R. Rao. 4. The genus Scleria Berg. in India/D.M. Verma and Veena Chandra. 5. Carotenoids in lichens of the Lobaria and Peltigera genera from India/B. Gzeczuga and D.K. Upreti. 6. Survey of the flora of coal mine waste dumps--a case study of Chasnala mines, Dhanbad, Bihar/B. Saha, C. Chakravorty, P.K. Mukherjee and S.C. Santra. 7. Observations on the Edapho-microbial nature of Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah/Jagdish Narain Singh, Madhab Krishna Ghosh and Ratna Sen. 8. An ethnobotanical study of Pinswari community--a preliminary survey/Arun K. Badoni. 9. Ethnomedicine of Mukundaras (S.E. Rajasthan)--plant remedies used in Guinea Worm (Naaru) disease/N.K. Sharma. 10. Saramsa orchid sanctuary, Ranipool, Sikkim/D.C.S. Raju, B. Krishna and S.T. Lachungpa. 11. Does Premna procumbens moon (verbenaceae) occur in southern India?/P. Daniel and A. Rajendran. 12. Observations on the distribution and effect of salinity on a little known plant, Mimulus orbicularis Wall. Ex Benth. (Scrophulariaceae)/L.K. Banerjee and G.G. Maity. 13. Geographical and taxonomic notes on Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea Gaertn. F. (Rubiaceae)/P. Venkanna and Rolla S. Rao. 14. Structure and development of drupe in Rauvolfia tetraphylla L./Vinoth Thomas and Yash Dave. 15. Gametophytes of five species of Rajasthan ferns under cultural conditions/A. Sharma and B. D. Sharma.