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SINCE the publication of Sir J. D. Hooker's “Flora Antarctica” much progress has been made in the study of the Falkland flora and from a taxonomic standpoint it may now be said to be well known. Nevertheless, a well-illustrated compact flora has been a desideratum and it is thus additionally unfortunate that owing to a serious breakdown in health the completion of Mrs. Vallentin's work has been indefinitely postponed. The volume now under notice contains 64 plates illustrating in colour, and with excellent dissections, many of the most characteristic Falkland plants. Each plate is accompanied by a short description of the family, genus and species. It seems a pity that with the space available fuller descriptions and more detailed ecological notes have not been provided. The repetition of the description of the family appears to be unnecessary; thus the same diagnosis of the Compositas is repeated eleven times.
Illustrations of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Falkland Islands.
By Mrs. E. F. Vallentin. With descriptions by Mrs. E. M. Cotton. Pp. xii + 64 plates + text + ii. (London: L. Reeve and Co., Ltd., 1921.) 84s. net.
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TURRILL, W. Illustrations of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Falkland Islands . Nature 109, 370 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109370a0
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