IN THE PRESS. TO BE PUBLISHED EARLY IN 1893. 
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Lee FLORA OF CEYLON 
PENKY ike M. Bi. FR.S, 
Director of the R. Bot. Gardens. 
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Tuts First Part contains a full account of all the native plants 
found in the colony which are members of the Natural Orders 
from Ranunculacee to Anacardiacee inclusive; and is illustrated 
by 25 Coloured Plates representing some of the most interesting 
species. The Publishers are Messrs. DuLau & Co., 37 Soho Square, 
London, W. ; and the price is 14. 1s. 
It is intended to publish the book at intervals, in four similar 
Parts, and it will, when. complete, consist of 2 Volumes of Text 
(in 8vo.) and an Atlas of too Coloured Plates (in 4to.). The 
Subscription Price for the whole work, in one payment in advance, 
is 34, 13s. 6@., and Subscribers’ names should be sent at once to 
the Publishers in London. A Subscription form is attached. 
This Flora of Ceylon is issued under the authority and with 
the assistance of the Government of the Colony, and has been 
written with special reference to local use; one principal object 
being to enable observers here to ascertain readily the name of any 
tree, shrub, or herb they may meet with growing wild in the country, 
For this purpose copious analytic keys and full descriptions are 
given, as well as the Sinhalese and Tamil names, the distribution 
of each species through the Island, its period of flowering, and 
varied information as to its history, properties, and uses. An en- 
‘deavour has also been made by references and quotations to embody 
all previously published information on the Botany of Ceylon, so 
that the book will form a comprehensive work of reference for every- 
thing relating to the plants of the Colony. 
