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WHEN Dr. Trimen left England at the beginning of 1877 to undertake the directorate of the Ceylon Gardens, he had already formed the determination to elaborate the flora of Ceylon, and to publish a descriptive handbook of its botany. Those who knew him knew that this work would only be undertaken after due preparation and without undue haste, but that it would be pushed forward steadily and with all reasonable speed to a satisfactory consummation: and the two instalments now before us amply justify such a conclusion.
A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon: containing Descriptions of all the Species of the Flowering Plants indigenous to the Island, and Notes on their History, Distribution and Uses.
By Henry Trimen, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon. With an Atlas of Plates illustrating some of the more interesting Species. Part i. Ranunculaceæ—Anacardiaceæ. 8vo. pp. xvi. 327, with plates i.-xxv. (4to). Part ii. Connaraceæ—Rubiaceæ. pp. 392, with plates xxvi.—l. (Published under the authority of the Government of Ceylon. London: Dulau and Co., 1893–94.)
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BRITTEN, J. The Flora of Ceylon. Nature 50, 316–317 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050316a0
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