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THE work under notice is a translation of the author's “Die Bliitenpflanzen Afrikas,” which appeared in 1908. The preface is dated Vienna, Austria, 1913, and the work was issued by the Burleigh Press, Bristol, in 1915. Dr. A. B. Rendle revised the translation, which includes “diagnostic characters of the genera, the approximate number of African species described up to the end of the year 1910; their geographical distribution, their uses, and their more important synonyms.” So far as tested, it is up to the date named; but six years' additions are very considerable, Kew alone having published at least 300 new species, leaving new genera out of the question. But comprehensive compilations necessitate supplements if they are brought as nearly as possible up to date of publication; and Thonner gives six pages of corrections and additional genera, chiefly from the years 1911 and 1912.
The Flowering Plants of Africa: An Analytical Key to the Genera of African Phanerogams.
By F. Thonner. Pp. xvi + 647. (London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 1915.) Price 15s. net.
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HEMSLEY, W. The Flowering Plants of Africa: An Analytical Key to the Genera of African Phanerogams . Nature 98, 26 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098026a0
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