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The Royal Horticultural Society plant finder 1999–2000.
Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. Introduction to the Series (ISBN 0–642-56804-9); Irvingiaceae, by DJ. Harris.
Alien Plants of Yorkshire , by G. T. D. Wilmore.
Flora of Australia Volume 17B, Proleaceae 3, Hakea to Dryandra.     

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Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees, An Interactive Identification System, by Hyland, BPM and Whiffen
The Rainforest Edge, edited by John Hemming
Atlas of the Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. Mosses (Diplolepideae). Hill, M. O., Preston, C. D. & Smith, A. J. E.
Phytochemistry and Agriculture, Beek, van T. A. and Breteler, H. Proc.
Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Edition. by Gleason, H. A.
Flora of Flintshire by Goronwy Wynne
Ultrastructure of Fossil Spores and Pollen, edited by Kurmann, M. H. and Doyle, J. A.     

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Paläohistologie der Pflanze. By Dr E lise H ofmann .
Pflanzensoziologische and bodenkundliche Untersuchung des Schoenetum nigricantis im nordostschweizerischen Mittellande. By L. Z obrist .
Flora von Graubiinden. By J. B raun -B laxquet and E. R übel .
Elementary Microtechnique. By H. A. P eacock , M.Sc.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Northern Australia: Progress and Prospects. Volume 2. Floodplains Research Edited by D. Wade-Marshall and P. Loveday Nature of Australia. A Portrait of the Island Continent John Vandenbeld. On Pollination and Pollinators in Western Australia E. Holm. Chrysophytes: Aspects and Problems Edited by J. Kristiansen and R. A. Andersen. Evolutionary Physiological Ecology Edited by P. Calow. Towards Holistic Agriculture R. W. Widdowson. City Parks and Cemeteries. Tasmania's Remnant Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands J. Kirkpatrick, L. Gilfedder and R. Fensham.     

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Flora des Südens. By C. S chröter .
Methods in Plant Physiology. A Laboratory Manual and Research Handbook. By W. G. L oomis and C. A. S hull .
The Plant World. By C. S tuart G ager .     

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Fauna of Australia. Volume 1A. General Articles. Australian Government Publishing Service. 1987.
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families. Essays Commemorating Charles L. Camp .—R. Estes and G. Pregill (eds). 1988.     

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Flora Hellenica, edited by A. Strid and Kit Tan.
Anatomy of the Dicotyledons, 2nd Edition. Vol. IV. Saxifragales, edited by D.F. Cutler and Mary Gregory.
Chemical Fungal Taxonomy, edited by Jens C. Frisvad, Paul D. Bridge and Dilip K. Arora
Plant Crib 1998, by T.C.G. Rich and A.C. Jermy.     

Nomenclatural notes on Persicaria

The following names are lectotypified: Polygonum amphibium, P. foliosum, P. hydropiper, P. lapathifolium ssp. leptocladum, P. pallidum and P. persicaria, Polygonum persicaria var. incana is neotypified. Polygonum ruderale is a superfluous nomenclatural synonym of P. persicaria . The following new combinations are made: Persicaria lapathifolia ssp. pallida, P. lapathifolia var. incana and P. lapathifolia var. linicola . The nomenclature of H. B. Danser's early works is discussed.
Flora Nordica Notes no. 8.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Statistics for Biology. Microcomputer Edition O. N. Bishop Field Guide to Eucalypts — Volume 1, Southeastern Australia M. 1. H. Brooker and D. A. Kleinig Paleolimnology. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Paleolimnology, held at Joensuu, Finland. Developments in Hydrobiology 15 . Edited by J. Merilainen, P. Huttunen and R. W. Battarbee, Dr W. Junk B V The Gastric Brooding Frog Edited by Michael J. Tyler     

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Plant Resources of South East Asia , (PROSEA), No. 10, Cereals. Edited by G.J.H. Grubben and S. Partohardjono.
Flora of Australia, Volume 28, Gentianaks , ed. Annette Wilson.
Shape and Fomi in Plants and Fungi. Linnean Society Symposium Series 16. Edited by D.S. Ingram and A. Hudson
Scottish Plants for Scottish Gardens , Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, ed. Stationery Office Books.     

Reviews of Publications

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Flora of Glamorgan, by Wade, A. E., Kay, Q. O. N., Ellis, R. G.
Secondary Pollen Presentation, Form, Function and Evolution, by Yeo, P. F., 1993
Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen. Band 11A, Leguminosae, Teil 1 by R. Hegnauer and M. Hegnauer
Advances in Rubiaceae Macrosystematics, ed. E. Robbrecht. Opera Botanica Belgica 6. Meise. National Botanic Garden
The Forest Frontier. Settlement and change in Brazilian Roraima
Flora Slovenska, 5(1) edited by L. Bertová & K. Goliaová. Bratislava: VEDA vydavatel'stvo Slovenskej akadémie vied
The Enigma of Angiosperm Origins by N. F. Hughes     

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The Gramineae. A Study of Cereal, Bamboo and Grass. By A gnes A rber
Practical Plant Anatomy. By C. J. A. B erkeley
Researches on Fungi. Vol. VI. By A. H. R. B uller
Die Buchenwäilder Europas. Heft 8. Edited by E. R übel
Lc Haut-Jura neucâdtelois nord-occidental. Beiträge zur Geobot. Landesaufnahme der Schweiz. Heft 17. By H. S pinner.
Flora von Graubünden. Zweite Leiferung. Von J. B raun -B lanquet und E. RÜBEL. Heft
Le Valentinois Méridional. Esquisse phytosociologique. By G. de B annes -P uygiron     

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Book reviewed in this article: Anita Herle and Sandra Rouse (eds). Cambridge and the Torres Strait: Centenary Essays on the 1898 Anthropological Expedition. William Hinton. Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village. Diane Johnson. Night Skies of Aboriginal Australia: A Noctuary. Thomas M. McKenna. Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines. A.M. Shah, B.S. Baviskar and E.A. Ramaswamy (eds). Social Structure and Change. Volume 5. Religion and Kinship.     

Achieving women and declining sex ratios

Professionally written biographies of 353 women selected for inclusion in two volumes of a dictionary of biography were analyzed separately for data on family structure, occupation, and personality characteristics. Findings from Volume 4 (1921-1940) were similar to those from Volume 5 (1941-1960). Results showed that 55.2% of women biographees had no children. They were either unmarried or, if married, childless. Of those who did have children, biographees had a significantly high ratio of sons to daughters compared with the norm (0.514) (Vol. 4: males = 106, females = 76; Vol. 5: males = 115, females = 80; totals: males = 221, females = 156; chi2 = 7.87; p = 0.005). These data, interpreted according to the maternal dominance hypothesis (Grant 1998) and set in the context of increased workforce participation by women and declining fertility, suggest another possible explanation for the contemporary decline in the secondary sex ratio.     

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Endomycorrhizas. Proceedings of a Symposium held at Leeds University, England, July, 1974. Ed. by F. E. S aunders , B arbara M osse , & P. B. T inker .
Fluid Behaviour in Biological Systems. By L. L eyton .
Vegetation and the Atmosphere. Ed. by J. L. M onteith .
Flowering Tropical Climbers. By GEOFFREY HERKLOTS.
Handbuch des Erwerbsgartners, 5, Pflanzenschutz im Zierpflanzenbau. Handbook for Commercial Growers No. 5 Plant Protection in Ornamental Plant Cultivation. By M. Stahl and H. Umgelter.
Field Experimentation with Fruit Trees and other Perennial Plants , by S. C. Pearce.
Lehrbuch der Phytomedizin. By G. M. HOFFMAN, F. NIENHAUS, F. SCHONBECK, H. C. WELTZIEN & H. WILBERT.
The Mosses of Southern Australia. By GEORGE A. M. SCOTT and ILMA G. STONE, with illustrations by CELIA ROSSER.
Botanical Systematics. Volume 1. Edited by V. H. HEYWOOD.
The Northwest European Pollen Flora. Volume I. Edited by W. PUNT.     

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The Genus Utricularia, by Peter Taylor.
Tropical Woody Rubiaceae. Characteristic features and progressions. Contributions to a new subfamial classification, by Elmar Robbrecht.
Bracken Biology and Managment, edited by J. A. Thomson and R. T. Smith.
How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers, Part I, by W. E. Blackall and B. J. Grieve.
Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, by Eva Crackles.
Flower Artists of Kew, Botanical Paintings by Contemporary Artists, by William T. Stearn.
The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, by A.J. E. Smith.
Competition, by P. A. Keddy.
Origin of Cultivated Rice, by H. I. Oka.
The Impact of Biotechnology on Agriculture, edited by R. S. Sangwan and B. S. Sangwan-Norreel.     

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Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland: Volume One . Malcolm Guthrie and A. N. Tucker (Eds.)
Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland: Volume Two . Irvine Richardson.
Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland: Volume Four . A. N. Tucker and M. A. Bryan.     

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The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

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General, Applied, and Theoretical: Aging and Society. Volume One: An Inventory of Research Findings . MATILDA WHITE RILEY and ANNE FONER.
General, Applied, and Theoretical: Aging and Society. Volume Two: Aging and the Professions . MATILDA WHITE RILEY, JOHN W. RILEY, JR., and MARILYN E. JOHNSON
General, Applied, and Theoretical: Aging and Society. Volume Three: A Sociology of Age Stratification . MATILDA WHITE RILEY, MARILYN JOHNSON, and ANNE FONER.