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About The Book: This book is composed of four volumes, each focusing on Medicinal Plants, offering detailed descriptions and original illustrations of key plants used in medicine. It provides insights into the characteristics, properties, and medicinal uses of various plant parts and their valuable products. The volumes cover different plant families, with the first volume spanning from Ranunculaceae to Anacardiaceae, the second volume from Leguminosae to Valerianaceae, the third volume from Compositae to Thymelaceae, and the fourth volume from Artocarpaceae to Algae. The book commences by offering a systematic inventory, embracing 89 natural families and 233 genera, which together create an extensive representation of the entire plant kingdom. Among these, 67 species are specially denoted with an asterisk, indicating their origin in the British Isles. The information for each plant is systematically divided into two distinct sections: the first part delves into the specifics of each species, such as its habitat and botanical attributes. About The Authors: Robert Bentley (1821-1893) was an English botanist known for co-authoring "Medicinal Plants" in 1880 with Henry Trimen, featuring over 300 hand-colored plates by botanist David Blair. Bentley was born in Hertfordshire, apprenticed to a pharmacist, and developed a strong interest in botany. He served as a botany lecturer at the London Hospital's Medical School and was a Professor of Botany at King's College. Henry Trimen (1843-1896) was a British botanist who made significant contributions in Sri Lanka, particularly naming plants in the Dipterocarpaceae family. He studied medicine but never practiced, and his interests in natural history led him to specialize in botany. Trimen played a role in Linnean Society reforms and served as the curator of the medical museum at King's College, London. He also directed the Royal Botanic Gardens in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka's Botanical Garden of Peradeniya) and was involved in the