03820cam a2200517 a 4500 agr09000749 DLC 20260227110928.0 760409m18791888enkabf b 001 0 eng agr09000749 DLC dcrb DLC DLC DLC n-mx--- nc----- QK215 .H45 QK215 .H45 Copy 2. Text in this copy printed on heavy laid paper. Eighteen botanical plates have hand coloring. Bound in purple pebble-grained cloth with purple morocco spines stamped in gold. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Each volume has blind stamp: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Division of Plant Biology. Has bookseller's invoice dated Jan. 1, 1930 tipped in at end of vol. 5 for sale of this 5-vol. set to the Carnegie Institution. Cheeseman's Manual of New Zealand flora also listed on invoice. 581.9/72 Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Botany / by W. Botting Hemsley, A.L.S. ... and A commentary on the introduction and appendix, by Sir J.D. Hooker, late director of the Royal Gardens, Kew ; edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin. Botany Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America London : Published for the editors by R. H. Porter ... and Dulau & Co. ..., 1879-88. 5 v. : ill., map (110 [i.e. 111] plates (some col.)) ; 33 cm. Biologia Centrali-Americana "Cycadaceae," by W. T. Thiselton-Dyer: v. 3, p. 190-195. Plates include botanical drawings/paintings by C.O. Salvin and W.H. Fitch, lithographed by W.H. Fitch and Hanhart, imp. Map signed: Edw'd Weller, lith. Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, item 846 Palau y Dulcet, vol. 6, p. 537, item 112921 Sitwell & Blunt. Flower books, p. 59 Two plates are numbered "41." 1. Commentary on the Introduction and Appendix. Enumeration of the Polypetalae, with descriptions of new species -- 2. Enumeration of the Gamopetalae, with descriptions of new species -- 3. Enumeration of the Incompletae, Monocotyledones, and Cryptogamic Vasculares, with descriptions of new species -- 4. Supplementum: additamenta, emendata et corrigenda. Cozumel Island, enumeration of a small collection of plants made in 1885 by Mr. G.F. Gaumer. A list of plants from Holbox, Mugeres, Cozumel, and Ruatan Islands ... collected by Mr. G.F. Gaumer in 1886. Costa-Rican ferns. Appendix: A sketch of the history of the botanical exploration of Mexico and Central America. Outlines of the geography and the prominent features of the flora of Mexico and Central America ... Bibliography. Index, vols. I - IV -- 5. List of plates. Plates I - CX & XLI. Bibliography: vol. 4, p. 316-332. Index: vol. 4, p. [333]-498. DLC Botany Central America. Botany Mexico. Lithographs England London 1870-1890. gmgpc Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911. Thiselton-Dyer, William T. (William Turner), 1843-1928. Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. Salvin, Caroline, 1838-1917. Weller, Edward, -1884. Hanhart, lithographers. Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Carnegie Institution of Washington. Division of Plant Biology, former owner. England London. 7629 7629