The dispersed spores and pollen grains preserved in the sediments exposed along Johilla River Section, Ganjra Nala Section and in three bore-cores, viz., JHL-23, JHL-24, JHL-25, in Johilla Coalfield have been described. The rich miofloral assemblage consists of 58 genera and 126 species, out of which seven species are new on the basis of their morphological characters. These are - Callumispora paliensls, C. saksenae, Osmundacidites baculatus, Dentatispora mammoida, D. reticulata, Gondisporites reticulatus and Lunatisporites paliensis. On the basis of the composition of spores and pollen grains, it has been concluded that the South Rewa Gondwana Basin shows a broader relationship with equivalent strata in other basins of India. In general, the monosaccate pollen has a better representation in the Talchir as well as Barakar sediments which is suggestive of relatively cooler conditions than those in Damodar Valley. Six palynological zones have been identified on the basis of quantitative analysis.

The Nidpur beds, located in Gopad River section near Nidpur Village, Sidhi District, Madhya Pradesh, have proved to be a treasure of plant fossils-mainly fructifications and leaf-structures. The occurrence of Dicroidium rich pteridospermic megaflora provides the basis for dating these beds as Triassic. The present study reveals that the Nidpur beds are bracketed between two faults, as a result of which they escaped the erosion. The other underlying plant beds exposed in Gopad rivers and its tributaries (Mahan River and Sehra Nala) are older than Nidpur beds as they yielded latest Permian palynoassemblages. Lithologically the Nidpur beds arc classified within the Upper Pali Member, and their palyno assemblage containing Playfordiaspora, Lundbladispora. Densoisporites, Araucariacites, Goubinispora, Klausipollenites, Lunatisporites, Trabeculosporites indicates a Triassic affiliation. The trailing striate-disaccates are the remainie of the Upper Permian flora. On the basis of mega and microfossils it is suggested that they are of the Early Triassic age.

A new non-striate, bisaccate pollen genus- Protoeusaccites gen. nov., is described from the Middle Member of the Pali Formation, South Rewa Gondwana Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. The grains are diploxylonoid with a prominent central body having a monoletoid mark or a thin area. The sacci with partial cavity in their chamber show a unique transitionary character-state, between the “Protosaccate” and “Eusaccate” in their structure.