The paper reports on the impact of changing conditions and scenario on health and social life of elderly women as viewed by 120 elderly female respondents from 6 cities of urban Punjab, taking into account both positive and negative side of these changes on their health and social life. Results of the study revealed on balance, a positive impact according to the women surveyed. A positive impact of changing times on their health was evident from the views expressed by respondents and strongest feeling was that there is an increase in life expectancy due to immunization, life saving drugs and better medical facilities. There was positive impact on social life of elderly with changing times, as felt by interviewed elderly women and the leading factors suggested by respondents were better communication system and transportation facilities.
The present investigation deals with the floral anatomy of two species of the genus Swartzia of the family Leguminosae. In Swartzia the vascular supply of sepals, petals and stamens arises independently from separate cycles of gaps. After the divergence of the vascular supply of the petals, a number of traces arise from third cycle of gaps and undergo repeated divisions to form a large number of traces, each one of which supplies a stamen. This is in contrast with Papilionaceous legumes which are either dihiate or unihiate, whereas Swartzia like members of Mimosoideae is trihiate. The implications of these obsevations on the systematic position of Swartzia have been discussed.
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