Survey and documentation of the floristic wealth of a region is a pre-requisite for planning proper utilization of its potential plant resources on one hand and to conserve the depleting genetic resources on the other. In view of the fact that neither Haines’ Botany of Bihar and Orissa (1921-25) and its supplement by Mooney (1950) nor Gamble’s Flora of the Presidency of Madras (1915-36) covered the entire territory of the present Orissa State and publications ...
