Abstract
THE feature of the present contribution to the Madras flora is undoubtedly the account of the Acanthaceae, which occupies more than a third of the entire part. To most workers this family has been one of considerable perplexity, which has not been lessened by the use some recent authors have made in the classification of the genera of minute pollen characters. It is just this that will make the field-worker of S. India, for whom indeed the flora is chiefly written, grateful to Mr. Gamble for giving him a clear analysis of the family which does not necessitate the use of a compound microscope. The excellent keys of some of the larger genera are also improved by the addition of rather full specific details.
Flora of the Presidency of Madras.
By J. S. Gamble. Part 6: Scrophulariaceæ to Plantaginaceæ. (Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council.) Pp. ii + 963–1160. (London: Adlard and Son and West Newman, Ltd., 1924.) 10s. net.
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Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Nature 114, 821–822 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114821c0
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