Contents: 1. The family equisetaceae in India/Anukul Datta. 2. New Taxa of Galium L. (Rubiaceae) from the Indian subcontinent/Reba Bhattacharjee. 3. A preliminary check-list of hepatics of West Bengal/J.P. Ghosh. 4. Notes on the family Lauraceae from India and its adjoining countries - 1/M. Gangopadhyay. 5. Three new taxa of ericaceae from India/S. Panda and M. Sanjappa. 6. The Genus micropera Lindl. (Orchidaceae) in India/Sandhyajyoti Phukan. 7. Pteridophytes of Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah/Anjali Biswas. Short Communications: 1. Additions to the flora of Gujarat from Mehsana and Kutch Districts (N. Gujarat)/P.J. Parmar. 2. Rediscovery of Hemiorchis Rhodorrhachis K. Schum. (Zingiberaceae) - after gap of a century with extended distribution/P.P. Ghosal and S.C. Srivastava. 3. Spigelia Anthelmia L. - a new record from Maharashtra/Satish N. Pardeshi and T. Srinivasu. 4. Plants used in gathering honey by the Jarawas of Andaman Islands/T. Chakrabarty, Vinod Maina and Marcel Tigga. 5. Lyonia macrocalyx (J. Anthony) Airy Shaw (Ericaceae) - a new record for India from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland/S. Panda. 6. The identity of stenosiphonium wightii bremek. (Acanthaceae)/P. Venu and W. Dinesh Albertson. 7. Cleistanthus sankunnianus sivar. and Indu Balach. - a rare and little known endemic plant rediscovered from wild populations in Kollam District of Kerala State, India/P.S. Udayan and Indira Balachandran. 8. Addition to Indian Orchid Flora - Cleisostoma duplicilobum (J.J. SM.) Garay from Nagaland/S. Phukan and N. Odyuo. News and notices.