Survey and observation was carried out in remote villages in east coast districts of Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram in Tamilnadu, India. Information revealed that there are many plant species traditionally used by the villagers. From these 50 species belonging to 40 genera and 26 families of medicinally important plants were identified and their uses were described in this article. Among them, Azadirachta indica, Jatropha curcas, Vitex negundo, Tamarindus indica, Tridax procumbens, Moringa oleifera, Erythrina indica and Sesbania grandiflora are some of the most useful medicinal plants in their day to day life.

The present paper deals with 15 species in 5 genera of the family Vitaceae distributed in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas, provided with keys for identification, flowering and fruiting time, uses, etc.

A new species, Ruellia sivarajanii has been described from Kerala.

This paper describes the plant and plant parts used by the Poliyars, one of. the oldest tribal communities of Anaimalai Hills, for the treatment of various ailments food cultural traditional and religious ceremonies. Further, the habitat of the plnts ad the ocupational aspects of the tribes are also discussed .

Seven new combinations are proposed under the segregate genus Chamaesyce S.F. Gray for the taxa of Euphorbia subg. Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) from India.

Memecylon jadhavii (Melastomataceae) is described as a new species from northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India.

A rare fern ally, Selaginella dixitii Madhusoodanan and Nampy, is reported for the first time from Tamil Nadu state.

Hippocratea parkinsonii Chakrab. & Gang. is reinstated to specific rank.