Excerpt from A Hand-Book to the Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 4: Containing Descriptions of All the Species of Flowering Plants Indigenous to the Island, and Notes on Their History, Distribution, and Uses; Euphorbiace Naiade, With Plates LXXVI-C In addition to the above, I propose to give in Part V. (i), a key to the Natural Orders of Ceylon Flowering plants, without which the work cannot be of practical use to any but experienced botanists; brief biographical notices, by G. Boulger, Esq., Of the botanists who have done mo'st for the advancement of the Sinhalese Flora; two very instructive Maps, of the Rainfall and Of the Forest Areas of Ceylon, issued by the surveyor-general of the Colony, to whom I am greatly indebted for sanctioning this use of them. Regarding Indexes, it will be observed that a complete Index of the Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil names of the plants described in Parts I. And II. Is appended to Part II. Part III. Is not indexed. As I propose to append to Part V. A complete Index to the whole work, I have con fined the Index to Parts III. And IV. To generic names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.