. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES spiral,oblong0.5-0.8x0.1-0.3 cm,thick;mid-nerveimpressed CSR2505,8.xii.2001 above, prominent below, lateral nerves obscure, base attenuate, apex obtuse or acute, subsessile. Flowers December23,2002 SUDHAKAR REDDY DUTT hermaphrodite, in axillary fascicles. Perianth rose. Nutlets C.B.S. strongly trigonous, with persistent style. Forestry& Ecology Division, Commonweedofmarshy places. National Remote SensingAgency, FI.& Fr.:November-April. Balanagar, Hyderabad500037, Specimen examined: North Andaman, Mohanpur: Andhra Pradesh, India. REFERENCES VasudevaRao, M.K. (1986):Apreliminaryreportontheangiosperms 249-272. ofAndaman-NicobarIslands.J. Econ Tax Bot 8: 107-185. Reddy,C.S.,P.R.C. Prasad,M.S.R. Murthy&C B S.Dutt(inpress): Mathew, S.P. (1998): A supplementary report on the flora and Census ofendemic flowering plants ofAndaman and Nicobar vegetation of the Bay Islands, India. J. Econ Tax Bot. 22: Islands, India.J. Econ. Tax Bot 35. DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA (L.f.) ETTING. ON COMMIPHORA WIGHTII (ARN.) BHAND.: A NEW RECORD OF PARASITIC ASSOCIATION Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Etting. (Family nearAnand, in central Gujarat, the seniorauthornoted a few Loranthaceae) has attracted more attention from plant individuals of this common parasite growing on a guggul scientists than any other flowering plant parasite for (Commiphorawightii)tree,which isofmedicinal importance documentation ofhost range. Fischer (1926) systematically (Photographic evidence provided by the author- Eds). recorded 153 host plants ofthis partial stem parasite from IfD.falcata establishes its parasitic relationship with southern parts ofIndia. Since then, many enumerators have C. wightii, therewill beadded pressure on thiseconomically reportednewhostsfromtimetotimeandeventuallyFischer’s important host, which is presently endangered due to over list has been increased to 410. Hawksworth et al. (1993) exploitationand impropermethodsofextractingtheoleoresin. presented a comprehensive list of recorded hosts for Constant monitoringofthe natural populations ofC. wightii D.falcata.Ascrutiny ofthe literature revealsthat parasitism is recommended as a preventive measure. of D. falcata on Commiphora wightii (Arnott) Bhandari (Family Burseraceae) has not been recorded by any ofthe January3,2003 A.S. REDDY1 earlierenumerators;hencewerecord ithereforthe firsttime. V. RAMA RAO Boswellia serrata Roxb., syn. Commiphora gileadense DepartmentofBiosciences, (Roxb.)Almeida, C. caudata(W. &A.) Engl., C. pubescens SardarPatel University, (W. & A.) Engl, and Garugapinnata Roxb. are the 5 other VallabhVidyanagar, known hostsfrom Family Burseraceae. Gujarat388 120, On a visit to a herbal garden developed by Anoopam India. Mission,asocio-religiousinstitution, locatedatMogri village. Email: [email protected] REFERENCES Fischer, C.E.C. (1926): Loranthaceae ofsouthern Indian and their host plants. Rec. Bot. Snrv. India 11: 159-195. Hawksworth, F.G,Y.RS. Pundir,C.G Shaw& B.W. Geils(1993):ThehostrangeofDendrophthoefalcata(L.f.) Etting. (Loranthaceae). Indian J Forestry 16'. 263-281. 36. FIRST RECORD OF CLATHRUS DELICATUS BERKELEY & BROOME 1873 FROM SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK, MUMBAI In the monsoon ofJuly 1996, during a survey on Owl MaharashtraState, India. I couldnotidentifyit,butsentcolour moths (Othreis spp.), I came across a small shuttlecock- photographs to the Smithsonian institution, USA for shapedfungusgrowingamongtherocks, inthewoodedareas identification. The photographs were then forwarded to of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai, Dr. DavidFarrattheNational FungusCollection inBeltsville, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 102 (1), Jan-Apr 2005 135 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Narasimhan. The description ofthe specimen matches with thatofDring(1980);Petch(1908)andFischer(1890-1900). In 1997 and 1998, all my efforts to locate the fungus failed. However, in 1999,1managedtolocatealarge fruiting colonyonapileofrottingbamboologs,fromwhichIcollected specimens, including the matured receptacle and buds (Fig. 1). Some specimens were also preserved in 70% formaldehyde. I also managed to collect the insects, which seem to be responsible for fertilisation of this fungus, the species ofwhich could not be identified. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I gratefully acknowledge the guidance provided by Dr. Orson Miller, ProfessorofBotany and CuratorofFungi, Department of Biology, Virginia Tech University, USA for identifyingthefungus.IalsoexpressmygratitudetoDr.Miller and Mrs. Hope Miller for their warm hospitality during my Fig. 1: Alargefruitingcolonyof Clathrusdelicatus stay in USA. I am grateful to Dr. Cathie Aime forproviding relevantliterature. Maryland, USA, who sent them to Dr. Orson Miller Jr. at IamgratefultotheSmithsonianInstitutionandDr.David Virginia Tech University for identification. Finally, on May Farr,NationalFungusCollectionsinBeltsville,Marylandfor 14, 1998,Dr.MilleridentifiedthefungusasClathrusdelicatus help in identification, and Ms. Priti Sawant, BNHS forfield Berkeley & Broome, arare speciesdescribedfromSri Lanka studies. (Berkeley and Broome 1875). Dr. Miller also advised me to collectfreshspecimensanddrythemfordetailedexamination. January22,2003 DEEPAK APTE In 2000, we studied the specimens in his laboratory and BombayNatural HistorySociety, confirmed that they were Clathrus delicatus. This is the HombillHouse,Mumbai400023, second record in India and that too after 64 years. The only Maharashtra, India. record of this species in India is from Mysore in 1932 by Email: [email protected] Berkeley Rev. M.J. E.L.S. & C.E. Broome, Esq, F.L.S. (1875): Fischer. Ed. (1890-1990): Untersuchungen zur Vergleichenden Enumeration of the Fungi of Ceylon. Part II, containing the EntwicklungsgeschichteundSystematikderPhalloideen, Mit6 remainder of the Hymenomycetes, with the remaining Tafeln und mehreren Holzschnittenetch. established tribes of Fungi. Journ. Linnaean Soc., London, Narasimhan, M.J. (1932): The Phalloideae ofMysore. Journ. Indian Botany XIV: 29-139. Botanical Survey 11: 248-254. Dring, D.M. (1980): Contributions towards a rational arrangement of Petch, T. (1908): The Phalloideae of Ceylon. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. the Clathraceae. Kew Bull. 35(1): 1-96. Peradeniya 4(4): 139-182. 37. STUDIES ON THE SEASONAL ASPECTS OF ANGIOSPERMIC WALL VEGETATION OF KHARGONE AND ITS SUBURBS Ourknowledgeofthewallfloraislimitedbothatnational Khargone and its suburbs in different seasons ofthe year. and international levels (Willis et al. 1893; Salisbury 1920; Khargonecity(21°45'N,75°30'E;250.38mabovemsl) Fitter 1945; Rishbeth 1948;Ghosh 1960andVarshney 1971). isheadquarteroftheWestNimardistrictofMadhyaPradesh. EarlierthefloraofthistracthasbeenstudiedbyShastri(1977), It is one ofthe tribal districts ofthe state, and more than 30 butnoinformationonthewallfloraofthisareaisavailabletill percent of the population belongs to tribal communities date. Wall vegetation may serve as basic knowledge for (Bhilala, Korki,MankaandBarela). Biogeographicallyitisa artificial habitats (Sahu 1984); hence the present part of central India. This area enjoys a variety of habitat communication attempts to study the wall vegetation of conditions and is also thickly populated. In the past three 136 1 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 102 (1), Jan-Apr 2005