1922. } Indian Science Congress. 1.8.C, 117 
any anther is visible. oe leaves have become considerably altered in 
size ad t seems quite probable two kinds of factors, one 
‘intern and the ohare ‘* external,’’ may have been the cause of these 
O caitel a 
Two new Indian plants.—By P. M. DepBaRMaN. 
Crotalaria topouensis, sp. nov., Leguminosae-Genisteae-Eriocar 
eae, from Topo outh India. Intermediate ween C. madurensis 
Wight and C. candicans an , in Flora British India 
Homalium ciliatum, sp. nov., sees eae-Homalieae- Blackwelia, 
from Sikkim and the Garo Hills. Stands hatiued A. fancies Bth. a 
H. bhamoense Cub. and Sm., in Flora of British India 
Two new Assam plants. shicen I. M. DepRaRMAN. 
i, rya japonica Thunb., var. ilali, var. nov., Ternstroemia- 
coae-Ternstroemicae, from the Kha sia, goers and North Cachas Hills. 
This oP ned is most closely allied to var. n*tida Kort 
Sterculia attenuata, sp. no Ste éoHassautorculicas-Bitister- 
Sag “from Sylhet a nd Khasia. Chesate allied to S. Roxburghit Wall. 
The algal flora of Bombay Island and its immediate vicin- 
ity the Salsette.—By V. N. Hate. 
The paper is a preli Se report on the algal flora, marine as well 
as shtick Bee in the vicinity of Bombay. The families and genera 
more commonly met with among the Myxophyceae, Chiorspneesas, and 
Chtrkiean are recordcd 
Geographical distribution of the Bengal species of Poly- 
poraceae, along with a short history of them in Bengal. 
—By S. R. Bose. ; 
So much of the world remains unexplored that a gener al view of we 
disteibution of fungi is as yet impossible. Damp tropical forcate. yi 
the greatest numbers of polypori. eins sa omni often 
pe 
c 
0 
in the gradual disappearance of many pees l 
Of the Polyporacea biden al 
f 
Ceylon, and the 
ds the range of a 
number 
All of bo 8 oias ts Bs . aceae are included in my A say ie of 
Berkeley (Jour. Bot. and Kew Garden Mi wae wig (Trans. mae 
1874), Cooke (Grevillea, 1874-91), Massee (Kew Bull., 1398-1912), — 
in recent papers of Lloyd and the author 
A note on tet vegetation of Khajiar, near Chamba in the 
N. malayas.—By 
Mein is aie to a remarkably clear example of — i 
vegetation, apparently determined solely by 4 single fa —— or 
water. Khajiar is a roughly circular meadow with a _ saa 
which the centre, which is occupied by ti lake. Ro ; 
i i , there are several concentric zones = 
- and characte’ — by a flora strik- 
