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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/usefulplantsind01drurgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Useful Plants of India: With Notices of Their Chief Value in Commerce. Medicine and the Arts''] by Colonel Heber Drury 2nd edition with additions and corrections 1873 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924014480887#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Bibliography of the Botany of British India and Ceylon''] by E Blatter, S J 1911 Archive.org . Includes references to various plantation crops such as [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924014480887#page/n22/mode/1up/search/Cinnamon page xcv]
*[https://archive.org/details/colloquiesonsimp00orta ''Colloquies on the Simples & Drugs of India''] by Garcia da Orta. First published in 1563 in Goa, in Portuguese, the third ever book printed in India. 1903 translation by Sir Clements Markham from an 1895 new edition of the original. Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eS1ZcAHb3xgC&pg=PR1 ''Tractado de las drogas, y medicinas de las Indias Orientales''] by Cristóbal Acosta with illustrations 1578. Google Books. In Spanish. A translation is being undertaken at NSBS Bangalore, as detailed [https://www.ncbs.res.in/HistoryScienceSociety/content/ongoing-translation-tractado-des-las-drogas-y-medicinas-de-lasindiasorientalis here].
:Other books by Cristobal Acosta [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=v0hgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 1582] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/trattatodichrist00acos 1585] Archive.org. Include illustrations.
*[http://archive.org/stream/catalogueofindia00flem#page/n3/mode/2up ''A catalogue of Indian medicinal plants and drugs : with their names in the Hindustani and Sanscrit languages''] by John Fleming, Surgeon of the Bengal Establishment 1810 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b20415552 ''Catalogue of the vegetable production of the Presidency of Bombay: including a list of the drugs sold in bazars of western India''] by George C. M. Birdwood 1865 Archive.org
