Additions to the flora of Manipur state, North-Eastern India

Additions to the Lichen Flora of Nebraska

Recent field work and literature records have documented 99 species of lichens and three lichenicolous fungi new to Nebraska. The genera Acrocordia, Bispora, Canomaculina, Catillaria, Cladina, Leproloma, Lichinella, Megaspora, Muellerella, Placynthiella, Polysporina, Pseudevernia, Stigmidium, Strigula, and Vulpicida also represent first reports for the state. These records are summarized here a...

Additions and amendments to the flora of the Balearic Islands

These paper deals with 45 taxa, seven of which are new to the Balearic Islands flora: Agrostis capillaris L., Centaurea solstitialis L. Chenopodium strictum Roth, Datura wrigthii Regel, Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. subsp. elatine, Ranunculus xatardii Lapeyr. and Senecio inaequidens DC. On the other hand, six taxa [Catananche caerulea L., Centaurea apula Lam., Filago micropodioides Lange, Legous...

Additions to the Pteridophyte Flora of Iowa - II

Recent Additions to the near Eastern Collections

The reopening of the Near Eastern galleries, on the second floor of Wing E, offers the Museum an opportunity to show to the public many new additions to its collections made during the war years. Although quite a number of these objects were purchases, many more were gifts from generous Museum friends, particularly Horace Havemeyer, Francis M. Weld, A. B. Martin, and the Kress Foundation, which...

Status of Women: North Eastern Region of India versus India

Geographically, men and women share the same space, but everywhere in the world, women are accorded a lower status than men. The North Eastern Region of India has been considered as a backward region in terms of growth in per capita income. However, there is a perception that the status of women is higher in the North Eastern Region of the country in comparison with the status of women in all I...