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PI. Ceylon. — Handbook to the flora of Ceylon by Trimen and Hooker
Vol. V (1900).
Cooke Fl. Bomb.— The Flora of Bombay by Cooke, Volume and page in Roman and arabic numerals respectively.
Fyson Fl. N. & P. H. T.— The Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill tops by P. F. Fyson. (Madras 1915—21). 3 Vols.
Koern. Linn. — Koerniche in Linnaea Vol. XXVII (1854), pp. 577-592.
Steud. Cyp. — ■Sfceudel in Syn. Plantarum Cyperacearum (1858).
References to Herbaria.
Herb. Bombay. — Herbarium of the Agricultural College, Poona, now at Ganeishkind.
Herb. Calcutta. — Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, Calcutta.
Herb. Ceylon. — Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradiniya.
Herb. Dehra Dun. — Herbarium of the Forest College and Research In- stitute, Dehra Dun.
Herb Madras. — Herbarium of the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore.
Herb. Presidency College, Madras. — Herbarium of the Presidency College, Madras.
Herb. Sedgwick. — Herbarium of Messrs L. J. Sedgwick, I.C.S. and T. R. Bell, now St. Xavier's Coll., Bombay.
Herb. St. Xavier. — Herbarium of St. Xavier's College, Bombay.
Herb. Talbot. — 'Herbarium of the late W. A. Talbot now at Ganesh- kind with Herb. Bombay.
Terms used in descriptions.
Pale* — of the involucre or the floral bracts, — an absence of black, usually resulting in the bracts being straw-coloured when dry, but sometimes light-brown, sometimes white. When fresh they are in some, perhaps in all cases, scarious and translucent.
• The word pale may appear hardly suitable as a descriptive term, but I know no other that fits the care so well. For the bracts so termed are characterised not by the presence of a light coloured pigment, so that they cannot truly be called white or yellow, but by the absence of the more usual black ; and being thin are translucent, but when dry straw-coloured.
