Abstract
The genus Plaubelia Bridel has been identified at Shillong (Meghalaya) for the first time in India. Interestingly the plants are distinctly different from hitherto known species of the genus hence described here as P. khasiana sp. nov. It is characterized by rosulate habit of plants, leaves appressed falcate when moist, upper leaves larger than the lower leaves, broad at middle, leaf margin crenulate, involute up to middle, apex subacute to apiculate, costa ending below the apex and the presence of oval or round gemmae.