MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. On critical no yellow flowered Morning Glory from the Indian identificationanddetailedstudy,thespecimenturnedouttobe subcontinent is available. Forfurtherclarification, we also Ipomoea hederifolia Linn. When compared with red/orange consulted Dr. Steven Jensen, Jordell Laboratory, Royal colouredflowers,therewereslightvariationsinthespecimens Botanical Garden Kew; he communicated that there inmostofthecharactersexcepttheinflorescencetype,colour was only one specimen of I. hederifolia, which had of the flower and size of the fruit. The details of the been collected from Asia (i.e. in Jiangsu-China). Perusal morphologicalfeatureareasfollows: anannualtwiner, 3-6m of literature (Cooke 1901-1909, Bentham and Hooker in height; stems glabrous or sparsely pubescent; 1862-83; Shah 1978) has revealedthat there is no record of leaves ovate to suborbicular, 2.5-8.0 x 1.5-8.5 cm, acute to yellow flowered specimens in Ipomoea hederifolia. This is acuminate apex, cordate at base, entire or 3-lobed, glabrous; therefore, the first record from India. Acc. No. VMR/ mm flowered cymes; pedicles 10-12 long; sepals oblong to 523, 547. mm elliptic, 3-6 long, obtuse to truncate; outer sepals with mm ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1.5-2.0 long, subterminal, fleshy arista, glabrous; corolla yellow,hypocrateriform,3.4-5.0cmlong;capsulessubglobose, 7-9mmlong; seedspyriform, darkbrown, glabrous. We thank Dr. M.J. Parmar, Dy. Director, Botanical On consultation to Dr. M.J. Parmar, Dy. Director of Survey of India, Jodhpur and Dr. Steven Jensen, Jordell BSI, Arid zone Circle Jodhpur, it has been noted that Laboratory, Kew, forthe valuable information. REFERENCES Bentham,G.&J.D. Hooker(1862-1883):GeneraPlantarum.London. Calcutta). Cooke,T.(1901-1908):TheFloraofthePresidencyofBombay.Volume Shah, G.L. (1978): Flora of Gujarat State. Part I & II. Sardar Patel I, II&III,London. (Rep. Edn. 1958, Botanical SurveyofIndia University,VallabhVidyanagar. 22. ORNITHOGALUM ERYTHRAEUM (WEBB & BERTHEL.) MANNING AND GOLDBLATT (HYACINTHACEAE) - A NEW RECORD FOR MAHARASHTRA K.V.C. Gosavi13 U.S. Yadav2and S.R. Yadav14 , 'DepartmentofBotany,Shivaji University, Kolhapur416004. Maharashtra.India. "DepartmentofBotany,WillingdonCollege, Sangli416415, Maharashtra. India. Email: [email protected] ’Email: [email protected] 4Email: [email protected], [email protected] Introduction Morphological, phytochemical, microstructural and than representing generic boundaries. Thus, the species moleculardataonmembersofHyacinthaceaehasresultedin previously placed in Dipcadi are now treated under the recognition of four subfamilies, the new world Ornithogalum L. Manning etal. (2004). Oziroeoideae and the old world Hyacinthoideae, All the 9 species and two varieties of Dipcadi in Ornithogaloidae and Urginoideae (Speta 1998a,b; Pfosser India are now treated under the genus Ornithogalum by and Septa 1999; Manning et al. 2004). Subfamily Manning et al. (2004). The Indian species include Ornithogaloideae,characterizedbyflattenedorangularseeds Ornithogalum concanense (Dalzell) J.C. Manning and withtightlyadheringtesta,isconsideredtoincludethesingle Goldblatt, O. erythraeum (Webb & Berthel.) Manning and genus Ornithogalum L., [Sp. pi.: 306 (1753). Type: Goldblatt, O. maharashtrense (Deb. & S. Dasgupta) Ornithogalum arabicum L.], which is expanded to include J.C.ManningandGoldblatt,O. minor(Hook.f.)J.C.Manning the genera Albuca L., Dipcadi Medik., Galtonia Decne., and Goldblatt, O. reidii (Deb. & S. Dasgupta) J.C. Manning Neopatersonia Schonland, and Pseudogaltonia (Kuntze) and Goldblatt, O. saxorum (Blatt.) J.C. Manning and Engl. According to Manning et al. (2004), the generic Goldblatt, O. serotinum (L.) J.C. Manning and Goldblatt, segregates of distinctive floral forms are morphological O. turbinatumJ.C.ManningandGoldblatt,O. turbinatumvar. syndromesdevelopedinassociationwithdiversepollination madrasicum (E. Barnes & C.E.C. Fisch) J.C.Manning and strategies. Itopensthewaytoacceptthattheyreflectadaptive Goldblatt, O. ursulae (Blatt.) J.C. Manning and Goldblatt modesthatwereexploitedbygroupsofrelatedspeciesrather and O. ursulae var. longiracemosum (Deb. & S. Dasgupta) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 105 (3), Sep-Dec 2008 361 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 352.1978; Shetty and Singh in FI. Raj. 2. 843.1991. Hyacinthus serotinus Forsskal, FI. Aegyptiaco - Arabica 209.1775. UropetalumunicolorStocksinJoum.Bot.4: 180. 1852. Dipcadi unicolor(Stocks) Bakerin Joum. Linn. Soc. 11: 397. 1871; Hook. FI. Brit. India 6: 346. 1892. Fig. 1. Bulbous perennial herb; bulbs globose, 1.5-2.0 x 1.5- 2.0cm, tunicated; rootsfibrousfrombasal disc. Leaves2-3 perbulb,25-35x0.5-1.5cm,linear,flat,6-7nerved,acuteat apex, margin curved upwards. Scapes short, 15-25 x 0.2- 0.3 cm, erect, stout, glabrous;racemes 1-3 flowered,4-5 cm mm long. Flowers 15-18 inlength,greenish-white,drooping while blooming, bracteate; bracts 5-8 x 2 mm, deltoid, membranoustoscarious,acuminate;pedicels 10-15x 1 mm, mm slender,green. Perianth 15-18 inlength,greenish-white, unitedto 1/3ofthelength;outerperianthlobes9-11x3mm, 6-7 nerved, broadly lanceolate, recurved while bloomingof flower; inner perianth lobes 10-11 x 2.5 mm, 5-nerved, mm recurvedfromthetips. Stamens6,6.5-7 long;filaments 5.5x 0.7mm;anthers2.5x0.6mm.Gynoecium 11-12x2.5mm; ovary6-6.5 x2.5 mm; style5x1 mm,stipeshort,uptol mm long, Capsule 12-15 x 10-12 mm, Seeds 6-7 mm in dia., rotund, black. Fig. 1: Ornithogalumerythraeum Flowering & Fruiting: August-September. a. flowerfromJodhpur; b. flowerfrom Dhulia; c.fruits; d. somatic chromosomes (2n=22) Distribution: india:Rajasthan(North-WestRajasthan), Maharashtra (Dhulia); Egypt; Afghanistan; Baluchistan; J.C. ManningandGoldblatt. Ornithogalum maharashtrense Pakistan andO. ursulaevar.longiracemosumarevariantsofO. ursulae Chromosome number (2n): 22 do not deserve any taxonomic status and have been reduced Plants collected from Dhulia are under cultivation in to synonyms ofO. ursulae. Botanical Garden, Shivaji University Kolhapur. Oftheremainingeightspecies,sixarerecordedforthe Note: It grows on the hills of the arid region in stateofMaharashtra. Ornithogalumerythraeum isknownto Rajasthan after rains. In Maharashtra, it grows in terrain occurinEgypt,Afghanistan,Baluchistan,PakistanandIndia. with rocky substratum around Dhuliaregion (Laling ghat). In India, it is so far reported from Bhairaswara, Jaisalmer The population found at Dhulia region differs from the and Jodhpurregion ofRajasthan. population growing at Jodhpur only in its greenish-white DuringAugust2006,somespecimensofOrnithogalum flowers(Fig. lb)andjust2-3flowersperscape.Thesomatic were collected from Laling ghat in Dhulia district of chromosome number observed was 2n=22 (Fig. Id). This Maharashtra. Ondetailedanalysis, the specimensturnedout diploid number 2n=22 of the species in population from to be of Ornithogalum erythraeum. Somatic chromosome Rajasthan region has also been reported by Jakhi et al. number2n=22wasobservedinthespecimen,whichhasalso (1994). beenreported forthe speciesby earlierworkers (Jakhi etal. Uses: Bulbs are eaten in Sind and Baluchistan. 1994). An occurrence of O. erythraeum in Dhulia district ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS formsanewrecordforthestateofMaharashtra.Thepresent paperreports on morphology, somatic chromosome number and an extended distribution ofO. erythraeum. Senior author would like to thank Department of Ornithogalum erythraeum (Webb & Berthel.) J.C. Biotechnology (DBT) New Delhi, forfinancial assistance and Manning and Goldblatt. [Edinb. Jour. Bot. 60(3): 533-568 to the Head, Department of Botany, Shivaji University for (2004)].DipcadierythraeumWebb& Berthel.,Hist. nat. Illes providingfacilities. Secondauthoristhankfultoauthoritiesof Canaries 2 (3): 341. 1848; Cooke, FI. Pres. Bomb. 2:770. Shivaji University for providing financial assistance and to 1907 (Repr. ed 3: 278.1958); Bhandari, FI. Indian desert Principal,WillingdonCollege, Sangliforprovidingfacilities. 362 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 105 (3), Sep-Dec 2008 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES REFERENCES Jakhi, P.S., N.S. Desai & G.B. Dixit(1994): Karyological studies in on plastid DNA sequences. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86: Dipcadierythraeum. J. Cytol. Genet. 29(1): 89-93. 852-875. Manning J.C., P. Goldblatt & M.F. Fay (2004): A revised generic Shetty, B.V. &V.Singh(1991): FloraofRajasthan,Vol. 2: 843. synopsis of Flyacinthaceae in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on Speta, F. (1998a): Systematische analyse der gattung Scilla L.s.l. molecularevidence, including new combinations and the new • (Hyacinthaceae). Phyton 38: 1-224. tribe Pseudoprospereae.Edinb. Journ. Bot. 60(3): 533-568. Speta, F. (1998b): Hyacinthaceae. In: Kubitzki, K. (Ed.) Thefamilies Pfosser,M.& F. Speta(1999): PhylogeneticsofHyacinthaceaebased andGeneraofVascularplants. Berlin: Springer. HABENARIA COMMELINIFOLIA WALL. (ORCHIDACEAE) -A NEW ADDITION TO THE FLORA 23. OFANDHRA PRADESH S. Karuppusamy1 S. SandhyaRani2andT. Pullaiah2,3 , 'DepartmentofBotany,TheMaduraCollege,Madurai625Oil,TamilNadu,India. Email: [email protected] departmentofBotany,Sri KrishnadevarayaUniversity,Anantapur515003,AndhraPradesh, India. -’Email: [email protected] Introduction 2.5 cm broad. Inflorescence 20 cm long, many flowered Habenaria is one of the largest genera in the Family spikes. Flowers white, 2 cm across; bracts linear-lanceolate Orchidaceae, which comprises ofabout 750 species world- 1.6 cm long; lateral sepals gibbous, hatchet-shaped, dorsal wide. Usually this genus are tuberous rooted, terrestrial, a orbicular, hooded; petals oblong, lip linearat base, trilobed, few ofthemepiphytic and lithophytic, herbaceousannual in side lobes filiform, mid lobe shorter; spur ca. 6 cm long, nature. In India, about 59 species ofHabenaria have been slender, incurved. reported mainly from the foothills of Himalayas, Western Flowering & Fruiting: October-December. GhatsandEasternGhats(Boseetal. 1999).H.commelinifolia Distribution: India: Western Himalaya, Garhwal, Wall, has been reportedfromcentral Indianorthwards up to Kumaon, central India, West Bengal, Chota Nagpur, WesternHimalayas. The report ofthis species is an addition Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh; Nepal; Myanmar; Vietnam; tothefloraofAndhraPradesh.Thepreviousfloristicaccounts Thailand. ofAndhra Pradesh have reported species of Habenaria Specimen examined: Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor 1 1 (Pullaiah 1999). district,MudendlakoravainTirumalahills,S. Karuppusamy, Habenaria commelinifolia Wall, ex Lindl. Gen. Sp. 31663 (SKU). Orch. 325. 1835;Hook.f.FI. Brit. India6: 143. 1890; Haines, Ecology: Plantsofthistaxon appearonly in monsoon Bot Bihar & Orissa 3: 1 157. 1924; Fischer in Gamble, FI. among the Cymbopogon dominated grassland at above MadrasPres.3: 1470. 1928;Sant. & Kapadia,Orch. Bombay 1000 m altitude. The population ofthis taxon is very scarce 25.t.4.f.l1-12. 1966. in Andhra Pradesh, due to over grazing and seasonal forest Robusttuberousherb. Stem upto90cmtall, sheathed fire. below, leafy above; tubers one or two, ellipsoid. Leaves Conservationstatus: RareinAndhraPradesh. Itneeds oblong-lanceolate, finely acuminate up to 10 cm long and furtherecological assessmentstoconserve this taxon. REFERENCES Bose,T.K.,S.K. Bhattacharjee,P.Das&U.C. Basak(1999):Orchids Pullaiah,T.(1999): FloraofAndhraPradesh(India).Vol.3. Scientific ofIndia. NayaProkash,India. Publishers,Jodhpur, India. Printedby Bro. Leoat St. Francis Industrial Training Institute, Borivli, Mumbai 400 103 and publishedon September 17, 2009 by J.C. Danielfor Bombay Natural History Society, HornbillHouse, Dr. SalimAli Chowk, ShaheedBhagatSingh Road, Mumbai400001, Maharashtra, India.