1922.) Indian Science Congress. I.S.C. 115 
appreciate its utility. If scientists in general were to engage 
more freely in writing popular scientific articles, it would goa 
long way toward arousing interest in and sym athy for 
science and its accomplishments. Think of the value of such 
literature as LANKEsSTER’s ‘‘ Science from an Easy Chair.” 
Most probably it would in the end result in greatly increased 
support for science; and institutions would find it possible 
to make the development both in personnel and in equipment 
that we know to be so necessary. Popular writing is difficult, 
and few have the natural gifts to do it well; but both the 
need for it and the value of it are great. 
hat I have had to say has of necessity been of a general 
nature. Any attempt to develop the problems in more detail, 
and to suggest lines of attack would extend the address to 
@ wearisome length. The field of botanical opportunity is as 
extensive as the world of plant life. Solution of the problems 
presented in the vegetation of India will contribute much to 
the advance of world science. I am conscious of the many 
defects in this attempt at estimation of the botanical oppor- 
tunity in India. I can only hope that some may find in it 
a new inspiration for research, and that the suggestions that 
have been made may be of some slight use in the selection of 
problems for investigation. It is my earnest hope that the 
Indian Botanical Society may increasingly serve in encouraging 
and furthering research, and that in the years to come it ma 
in very deed be ‘“‘A society for uniting the botanists and 
promoting the botanical interests of India.” 
Contribution to the life-history of Anewra indica.—By Suv 
AM Kasnyap and Suiva Kant PANDE. 
eura indica is the first Indian species in which the life-history has 
been worked in any detail. The plants studied were collected from various 
localities, Dalhousie, Lahore, Chamba-Chuari Road, Nilgiris, etc. vad 
e investigation confirms in a general way the conclusions ari 
by Clapp after her study of Aneura a (Bot. Gaz., Sep. 1912). 
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