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    <title>Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America</title>
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    <title>Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1843-1924</namePart>
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    <namePart>Hooker, Joseph Dalton</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1817-1911</namePart>
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    <namePart>Thiselton-Dyer, William T. (William Turner)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1843-1928</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1817-1892</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Salvin, Caroline</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1838-1917</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Weller, Edward</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">-1884</namePart>
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    <namePart>Carnegie Institution of Washington</namePart>
    <namePart>Division of Plant Biology,</namePart>
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    <publisher>Published for the editors by R. H. Porter ... and Dulau &amp; Co. ...</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1879-88</dateIssued>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="end">1888</dateIssued>
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    <extent>5 v. : ill., map (110 [i.e. 111] plates (some col.)) ; 33 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>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 --</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>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 &amp; XLI.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">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.</note>
  <note>"Cycadaceae," by W. T. Thiselton-Dyer: v. 3, p. 190-195.</note>
  <note>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.</note>
  <note>Two plates are numbered "41."</note>
  <note>Index: vol. 4, p. [333]-498.</note>
  <note>Bibliography: vol. 4, p. 316-332.</note>
  <note>DLC</note>
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    <note>Nissen, C.  Botanische Buchillustration, item 846</note>
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    <note>Palau y Dulcet, vol. 6, p. 537, item 112921</note>
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    <note>Sitwell &amp; Blunt. Flower books, p. 59</note>
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