Contents: 1. Palynological society of India - its origin, growth, activities and achievements/P.K.K. Nair, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India. I. Pollen morphology and plant taxonomy: 1. SEM studies of pollen in relation to enantiostyly and heteranthery in Cassia (Caesalpinaceae)/Bir Bahadur, Arthi Chaturvedi and N. Rama Swamy, Kakatiya University, India. 2. Evolutionary trends in the pollen morphology of the lythraceae/S. Bortenschlager, Universitat Innsbruck, Austria; and S. Thammathaworn, Khon Kacn University, Thailand. 3. Pollen morphology of Indian lactuceae/Sunirmal Chanda and Aparna Pal, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India. 4. Common features of pollen exine ornamentation and stratification of some palaeotropical and neotropical Bauhinia L. species (Leguminosae : Caesalpinioideae)/I.K. Ferguson, Royal Botanic Gardens, Britain. 5. Exine/intine relation and structure in apocynaceae pollen/Siwert Nilsson, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden. 6. Quantitative and experimental studies on pollen morphology of some Indian Rhododendron (Ericaceae)/N. Paria, University of Calcutta; and Aparna Pal, Bose Institute, India. 7. Comparison of primitive pollen types in some angiosperm families/W. Punt, State University of Utrecht, Netherlands. 8. Pollen morphology of the woody compositae of the Galapagos Islands (I) tribe heliantheae: Scalesia affinis Hooker fil. and S. Baurii. Robinson & Greenman/Kiyoshi Takahashi, Nagasaki University, Japan.

II. Fossil pollen grains and biostratigraphy: 1. Palynological reconstruction of a wet evergreen forest in the Western Ghats (India) from C. 1800 to C. 1400 years BP/Caratini, C., Pascal, J.P. and Tissot, C., French Institute, Pondicherry; and Rajagopalan, G., Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India. 2. The pollen analytical identification and definition of quaternary interglacials and interstadials in fennoscandia, with special reference to Finland/Joakim Donner, University of Helsinki, Finland. 3. Biostratigraphical demonstration of Agrarian Distress following in the wake of the medieval regressive weather situation and great Bubonic plague epidemic (Black death)--a case study from Norway/Ulf Hafsten, University of Trondheim, Norway. 4. Progressive deterioration of pollen grains in South-Central U.S. Rockshelters/Stephen A. Hall, University of Texas at Austin, USA. 5. Palynology of miocene and mio-pliocene sediments of north-east India/R.K. Kar, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, India. 6. A preliminary palynological investigation of the post--eocene clastic sediments of Kuwait City Area, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf/P. Khalaf and A. Mukhopadhayay, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait. 7. Paleogeography of the last two cycles of earth expansion/G.O.W. Kremp, University of Arizona, USA. 8. Late proterozoic organic remains from the mitov locality (Czechoslovakia)/Blanka Pacltova, Charles University, Czechoslovakia. 9. Environmental changes in southern Asia during the holocene/Gurdip Singh, Australian National University, Australia.

III. Pollen aerobiology and allergy: 1. Pollen calendar of Bangalore City: Part-II/Shripad N. Agashe, Bangalore University; and Jacob N. Abraham, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, India. 2. Twenty-one year of airborne pollen determinations/Ruth M. Leuschner, Dr. Phil. II, Dept. Forschung, Abt. Derma, Basel. IV. Palynological technique: 1. An improved okcol : a water-miscible mounting medium/L.R. Wilson, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, USA. V. Pollen ultrastructure: 1. Are exine reception systems of Fagus and Pinus structurally the same? Diversity in exine development/John R. Rowley, University of Stockholm, Sweden. VI. Melissopalynology: 1. Pollen analysis of Prosopis juliflora honeys from Ranga Reddy dist., A.P., and its relevance to apiculture and social forestry/C.G.K. Ramanujam and T.P. Kalpana, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. VII. Fungal spore allergy: 1. Fungal spores and allergy/S.T. Tilak, Marathwada University, India. 2. The allergens of Alternaria species/Hari M. Vijay, David W. Hughes and N. Martin Young, Health and Welfare and National Research Council, Canada. VIII. Pollen chemistry: 1. Pollen lectins/C.K. Rao, N. Sathyananda and G. Rama, Bangalore University, India. Biodata of the recipients of Prof. Gunnar Erdtman International Award for Palynology (Instituted by the Palynological Society of India). Index.No. 6753

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