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Excerpt from Flora of British India, Vol. 7: Cyperaceae, Gramineae and General Index
Tibet, in the extreme West; from Sikkim, Bengal, Assam, and Munne pore in the East; from Behar, Central India, and Chota Nagpur in the centre and from the N ilghiri Hills in the South. Next in importance are the Malay Peninsula collections made by Father Scortechini, the Messrs. Curtis, Wray, Hervey, Hullett, Merton, and Ridley, and by collectors sent by Dr. King from the Botanic Gardens of Calcutta. These latter have added several hundred species to the genera described in the first volume alone of this Flora, and have been published by Dr. King in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Thirdly rank Mr. Duthie's copious and excellently preserved collections made in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Garwhal, Kumaon, Rohilkund, Rajmahal, and Central India, and Dr. Aitchison's from the Karrum and other valleys west of the Indus.
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