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nisse ebenso wie aktuelle biochemische und physiologische Forschungser-
gebnisse berücksichtigt.
Jedem Kapitel ist ein Versuchsteil angegliedert, durch den mit insge-
samt 85 instruktiven und leicht reproduzierbaren Versuchen der theoreti-
sche Teil des Buches wertvoll ergänzt wird.
H. Claus und H.J. Küster, Berlin-Dahlem
KAPLAN LANGMAN, Ida Mrs. A selected guide to the literature on
the flowering plants of Mexico. - University of Pennsylvania Press, 3729
Spruce Str., Philadelphia, Pa.: 1016 pp. $25.--
This large volume contains the most comprehensive available bibli-
ography of the "flowering" plants (actually covers the seed plants or Sper-
matophyta) of the United States of Mexico from the 1500's up to the pre-
sent time. The idea for the work came to the authoress as a result of her
frustrated efforts at learning more about the Mexican flora from books and
journals. In her searching out of books and journals to incorporate in her
annotated listing, she visited 49 libraries in the USA alone as well as a
much greater number in Mexico. The guide proper runs by the alphabetic
sequence of authors' names, covering 793 double-columned pages (pp. 65-
857), which is followed by the thorough indexing of all items by subject mat-
ter. This latter index covers 157 four-columned pages (pp. 859-1015) and
is ordinarily the first part of the book consulted, unless one knows the name
of the author of some particular work. All botanical gen.names are listed
alphabetically under the fam. name. - The most complete coverage is in
the field of plant taxonomy and chorology (geography), with a considerable
amount on ethnobotany; the listing is also of course of interest to one in
the field of the history of science and botany. Data on the following more
limited fields are also contributed by this volume: vernacular names in the
indigenous languages of Mexico; biography; economic botany (as a broader
field than ethnobotany, since including modern industrial and other uses);
travel and descriptive works coming within the discipline of geography, when-
ever these make mention of the plants of the country. - Despite its great
size, the compilation seems to be relatively free from error.
George M. Hocking, Auburn, Ala.
KEELER, C.R. Books on aquatic biology, freshwater and marine. - Facile
Press, 2306 Mission Road, Tallahassee, Florida: iv + 223 pp.; 1964.
Approx. 2000 titles are listed here representing all phases of the field
and arranged in a logical subject order: general works, general botany, a-
quatic botany, bacteriology, Fungi, Algae, etc. Only books now in print
and in the English language are included. (Many English translations of
Russian books are noted.) The items are arranged alphabetically under each
of the 55 subject divisions. Included are cytology, histology, taxonomy, evolution,
genetics, economic aspects, methods, etc. Author, publisher, date,
pp., and price are given. Author index and alphabetic list of publisher at
end of volume.
George M. Hocking, Auburn, Ala.
KERN, F.D. Dr. Carlos E. Chardon (1897-1965). - Mycologia 57: 839-
844, 1 Abb.; 1965.
EXCERPTA BOTANICA
SECTIO A—BAND 10 1966
