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Book Review

Book Review

Pages 895-905 | Published online: 27 Sep 2008
 

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The Cactaceae. N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose. Sub-title: Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Ed. 2, 4 vols, bound in 2 vols.: tot. XXVII, 1061 pp. (advertising incorrectly gives 1039 pp.), 1279 figs., incl. 137 pls. (unpaginated), index with each vol. plus collective index in vol. 4; 1937 (1964). $ 20.00.

Dr. R. Hegnauer: Chemotaxonomie Der Pflanzen Vol. 3. Dicotyledoneae, Part 1. From Acanthaceae To Cyrillaceae. 734 pp., 14 figs., many tabs.; 1964. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel u. Stuttgart. sFr. 123. ($ 29.00).

EXOTICA 3. — Pictorial Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants. Guide to care of plants indoors. — Alfred Byrd GRAF. — 1828 pp. 12.025 figs., 291 in color; horticultural color guide; double-spread world map (inside front cover); 1963. Roehrs Company, Publishers, Rutherford, N. J., USA. $ 45.— bound in single volume; $ 52.— bound in 2 volumes.

Pierre Quézel: LA Vegetation Du Sahara Du Tchad Ag La Mauritanie. — (Geobotanca Selecta II). — XI, 333 pp., 72 figs., 15 maps, 93 tabs., 4 col. pls. (with 18 figs.); 1965. Bd. DM. 122 ($ 30.50).

Trease, G. E.: A Textbook of Pharmacognosy. Ed. 8. 1961. 45 s. net. $ 6.30. VIII, 808 pp., 261 figs., many tabs.; Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 7 Henrietta St., London W. C. 2.

Paris, R. R. and Moyse, Mme H. Précis de Matière Médicale. — One number of ‘Collection De Precis De Pharmacie’. — Tome I. — Masson amp: Cie., Editeurs, 120, blvd. St.-Germain, Paris VIe. 1965. XI, 416 pp., 61 fig., many tabs, and formulas; semi-pliable cloth binding. Price 46 F.

Hawk's Physiological Chemistry. Edited by Bernard L. Oser, Ph. D., Ed. 14, XVI, 1472 pp., ca. 300 figs., many tabs.; Nov. 1965. $ 19-50. Blakiston Division/McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. 10036.

Hegnauer, R.: Chemotaxonomie Der Pflanzen, Vol. 2: Monocotyledoneae. Birkhauser-Verlag, Basel und Stuttgart, 540 pp., 25 tabs., 9 figs.; 1963. sFr. 98.— (US $ 25.—). — Represents Vol. 16 of ‘Chemische Reihe’.

Uphof, J. C. Th.: Plant Hairs — Encyclopedia of Plant Anatomy (Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie), Vol. IV, Part 3- Ed. 2; XI, 292 pp., 96 figs ('120 figs.' given on title page); 1962. DM 120.—. Gebrüder Borntrager Verlagsbuchhandlung, An der Rehweise 14, 1 Berlin 38.

Cooney, D. G. and Emerson, R.: THERMOPHILIC FUNGI, an account of their biology, activities, and classification. — 188 pp., 6 pls. (2 in full colour, unpaginated), 14 line figs., 8 tabs.; 1964. $ 5.—. W. H. Freeman & Co, 660 Market Street, San Francisco 4, Calif.

Pharmazeutisches Wourterbuch. — Von Curt Hunnius, 4. Voullig neubearbeitete und eriveiterte Auflage, XII, 858 Seiten, 15 Tabellen und 140 Abb., 1966. Ganzleinen DM 46.—. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin W. 30.

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