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illustrated monographs of difficult and important genera and 
families, such as Ficus, Quercus, Myristica, Magnoliacea, Anon- 
ace, and Orchidaceae. In addition to these monographic studies, 
ita Peninsula, which were intended to 
as precursors to, but are so full and accurate that they eral a 
satisfactory substitute for, a more finished work. The first ten 
fascicles, carrying the task to the middle of the Calyciflore, were 
completed before King retired from India in 1898. 
In 1891, when the various ctor officers in India we 
brought together in a single department, ae was appointed the 
first Director of the Botanical earey 6 of Ind 
e services which King rendered to India were not, however, 
confined to his purely official duties e was a member of the 
mrss of the University of Caleutta for ee years, and for a 
time served also on its Syndicate. He was a member of the 
Board of Visitors of the Bengal ah eri cd Collge, vat arenas 
tion in which he took an active interest. He the 
original members of the Committee of Management of the ay Sader 
Zoological Gardens, the site of which he found a collection of 
native huts _ converted into a charming and favourite public re- 
sort. He was long a Trustee of the Indian Museum, and for a time 
was Chairvaan of the Trustees. He was President of the Central 
Committee appointed to investigate the indigenous drugs of India, 
fter his Satta t King gave the whole of his time to the con- 
tinuation of his Malayan “ Materials.” But his health, which had 
