Hypericum griffithii Hook. F. Et Thoms. Ex Dyer-a Very Rare Shrub from Arunachal Pradesh

Hypericum griffithii Hook. f. et Thoms ex Dyer, a very rare shrub is recorded for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh after a lapse of seventytwo years. It was first collected by Girffith in the year 1961-62 from Bhutan and again by G.L. Searight from Chumbi Valley, Tibet in 1905. To save this rare endemic plant from extinction its removal from the wild should be banned and its name incorporated in the list of endangered flora.