> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 686](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120817) of TL-2 Vol. I
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2329-1) LSID 2329-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21510954) QID Q21510954
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> [!example] See also [[Drury, Heber (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Drury, Heber (1819-1872), British colonel in the Madras Light Infantry, student of the flora of India.
**Abbreviated name**: *Drury* \[standard form in IPNI: *Drury*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
BB p. 96; CSP 2: 347; Jackson p. 540; PR 2421-2422.
### Publications
##### n.1533. Handbook of the Indian flora
**Title**
*Handbook of the Indian flora*; being a guide to all the flowering plants hitherto described as indigenous to the continent of India. Madras, London 1864-1869, 3 vols. (1, 2: Trabancore Sircar Press, Madras; 3: Richardson & Co. London)
**Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Ind. fl.*
**Notes**
*Vol. 1*: 1864 (p. ii: Mar 1864), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-v, \[1\]-659. *Copy*: HH.
*Vol. 2*: 1866 (Flora 8 Oct 1867), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-604. *Copy*: HH.
*Vol. 3*: Mar-Jun 1869 (p. iii: 4 Mar 1869; Flora 20 Jul 1869), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-708. *Copy*: HH.
*Ref*.: PR 2422; IDC 7312.