PREFACE. ix 



great kindness of Col. Gage, the then Director of the Botanical Survey 

 who not only gave me assistance in the Herbarium itself, but placed 

 his own residence in the gardens at my disposal, thus obviating a 

 tiresome daily journey to and from the Herbarium and Calcutta 

 blrium during ttTsame ^eriod °' During T° ^^ ^ ^ H "* 

 writing the Flora "dand, ^LvTrep^tedfy had 



too,msuk the great Herbarium and Library at Kew, and acknowledge 

 ■itie.s for study given to ,ne l,v Sir I). 

 "f the Royal Gardens, and 

 and Library I am indebted In toSt™ 



His book on ft ,,, nt in £ e 



work^and'has^M ' ' by the Vesent 



of specimens in the Sibpur H .easing 6 my * own 



To Messrs. Wright, Dunn, Hutchinson and Turrill, of the Kew staff, 

 thanks are due for ever-read;. to Mr _ Skan for 



assistance in matters pertaining to the Library. To Mr. Gamble I 

 am indebted, as usual for the loan of specimens, and I have also had 

 tne advantage of the first two parts of his splendid Flora of Madras. 

 Since completing part of this Flora, Mr. B. Chattarjee, of the Forest 

 Department, has kindly sent a few specimens from Angul and the 

 and as!n r th a e n case ofTther e ' U ' • ^ ^ di8trkt ' 



concerned^* 61 ^ name ° f °" . 'forThVspSs 



For the preparation of the Index to the Flora grateful thanks are 

 Miss Sylvia Haines and her sisters. 



M.v li,,;,| ... knowledgineiLts strike ., chord of sadness. Both those 

 forest officers who took the most interest in the production of this 

 work, and <ent specimens from the tributary states of Orissa have' 

 passed away. Mr. A. N. Grieve and Mr. G. M. Cooper, both young 

 and energetic nflicers, fell ^> • -,k in the course 



I ampbell, 

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much help and sympathy, also died shortly 



20 Feb., 1925. 



