by the Late Rev. Fr. J.F.. Caius. Scientific Publishers, Maan Bhawan, Ratanada Rd., Jodhpur 342 001, INDIA. 1988. Hardcover. 187 pp. Rs. 200. Call your bank for current exchange rates.

Caius's series on the medicinal and poisonous plants of India was discontinued in 1944, a year before the author's death. Recently Caius's Legumes manuscript, not published in the original series in the Journal of Bombay Natural History, was found among the author's papers at the Blatter Herbarium. Scientific Publishers made the volume available for the first time in 1988. Over 220 species are covered. A necessary complement to the volume above.

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