Botanical Article Bibliographic Records
HI Number 152822
Author: Verneur, J.T
Coauthors:
Title: Précis d'une excursion de M. Leschenault de Latour dans l'intérieur de la presqu'île de l'Inde
MLP no: 3310A
BPH Series Abbreviation:
J. Voyages Découv.
Citation: ed. 2, 6(20): 301. 1822
Year(s):
1822
Note: Two voyages to the interior of Peninsular India, 1818 and 1819, both for the purpose of acquiring:
1) Information on the culture of the poppy for opium
2) To procure seeds of several varieties of cotton
3) To collect species of seeds and useful plants, especially the Berberis
In addition wants to bring back from Ceylon the cinnamon, to obtain Marsdenia tinctoria from Sumatra, Asclepias tingens from Pegu (Burma) and Polygonum tinctorium from China
1) Information on the culture of the poppy for opium
2) To procure seeds of several varieties of cotton
3) To collect species of seeds and useful plants, especially the Berberis
In addition wants to bring back from Ceylon the cinnamon, to obtain Marsdenia tinctoria from Sumatra, Asclepias tingens from Pegu (Burma) and Polygonum tinctorium from China