Author: MERRILL, E.D.-J.TH. KOSTER,
Title: De Plantengroei van de Maleise Archipel. Preface by H.J. Lam, translated fr. the orig. english (An enumaration of plants collected in Sumatra by W.M. and C.M. Bangham).
Description: Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1949. Small 8°, cloth, dustjacket. 226pp. Frontisp.-portr., 253 text-ills. by M. Suttis and G. Dillon, figures, of plants with latin names, some sketch-maps & figures, extensive bibliography, alph. review of species listed. NOT in HARSKAMP. Excellent concise handbook to the Indo-Malay Flora, focused upon Sumatra. Orig. composed in U.S. Military service in the Pacific, edited Dutch edn. Still very useful. Fine copy. Scarce.

Keywords: botany lora plants enumaration sumatra horticulture colonialism indonesia southeastiasia