Flora of Lahaul-Spiti. A Cold Desert in North West Himalaya. 1994. 27 pls.(some colour). 761 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

The binding is rather weak and the colourfigures are not Europeanstandard. - Contents: Introduction (Geographical Location/ Topography and PhysicalFeatures/ Geology and Soil/ Climate/ History, People and Culture/Previous Botanical Explorations/ Present Study/ Material and Methods)/General Observations (Vegetation/ Cultigens/ Medicinal and OtherEconomic Plants/ Rare, Threatened and Endemic Plants/ BotanicalCuriosities/ Biotic and Natural Interferences/ PhytogeographicalAnalysis/ Floristic Analysis/ Suggestion for Exploration andConservation of Natural Resources)/ Taxonomic Accounts (Plan of theFlora/ Keys to Families/ Systematic Treatment of Families/ SelectedAbbreviations/ Selected Bibliography/ Index to Botanical Names).