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An Examination of some Plant-Names and Identities in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

John R. Marr
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Isaac Burkill, the scholar whose birth-centenary we are commemorating, has excellently surveyed the history of botanical activities in India. His Chapters on the history of botany in India originally appeared as separate articles in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society from December 1953 onwards. More recently, the Botanical Survey of India responded to a general wish by publishing these articles in book form, revised by Burkill himself, his revision being completed in the 93rd year of his long and fruitful life.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 104 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 40 - 56
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1972

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