> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 816](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333955) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9995-1) LSID 9995-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349394) QID Q1349394 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Spruce, Richard (1817-1893), British botanist and plant collector; schoolmaster at Haxby and (1839-1844) the Collegiate School of York; from 1844 dedicating himself exclusively to botany; collected in the Pyrenees 1845-1846; collecting in South America 1849-1864; from 1864 in London, Hurstpierpoint, Welburn (1867-1876) and, ultimately in Coneysthorpe (Yorks.) (1876-1893); Dr. phil. Leopoldina 1864. **Abbreviated name**: *Spruce* \[standard form in IPNI: *Spruce*\] #### Herbarium and types Main S. American collections at [[Collection K|K]]; duplicates at [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BEL|BEL]], [[Collection BH|BH]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CHR|CHR]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection FI|FI]] (incl. Europ.), [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GLAM|GLAM]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]] (Brit. pl.), [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MG|MG]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (incl. mosses Pyrenees through Duss), [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection RB|RB]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection YRK|YRK]] (Brit. pl.). – Many of S.'s Venezuelan collections have been cited from Brazil since this is stated on the labels. – *Letters* at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. Diary (1841-1863) at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. Botanical manuscripts by Spruce at Kew include: *Plantae amazonicae* (2 vols.), *Plantae andinae* (2 vols, numerical register to his flowering plants and ferns; often with descriptions), a volume of mss. ("i") with short botanical notes; a further volume of mss. ("ii") containing his original journal 1851-1855; a memorandum book containing the journal from Tarapoto to Banos and notes on bryophytes; letters from W.J. Hooker, G. Bentham, J.D. Hooker, W. Mitten, J. Miers, Destringe and E. Bescherelle; introductory notes on Hepaticae; the correspondence with W. Borrer on European bryophytes (Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1908: 464). – Some field notes also at [[Collection NY|NY]]. *Exsiccatae*: (1) *Hepaticae pyrenaicae*, quas in Pyrenaeis centralibus occidentalibusque, nec non in agro syrtico, a.d. 1845-6, nos. 1-77, London 1847. Sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]]. - (2) *Musci pyrenaicae*. quos in Pyrenaeis centralibus occidentalibusque, nec non in ago syrtico, a.d. 1845-6 decerpsit. Rich. Spruce. Fascis i; nos. 1-160, ii: nos. 161-331. London 1847. Sets id. – For further details on (1) and (2) see Sayre 1971. - (3) *Hepaticae spruceanae amazonicae et andinae*, annis 1849-1860 lectae. Malton, 1892, distributed in irregular sets. *Review*: L.M. Underwood, Bot. Gaz. 18: 112-113. Mar 1893. Further details: Sayre 1975. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 545; Barnhart 3: 312 (b. 10 Sep 1817, d. 28 Dec 1893); BB p. 285; BJI 1: 55; BM 5: 1995; Bossert p. 379; Clokie p. 247; CSP 5: 785, 8: 993. 11: 469, 12: 697, 18: 890-891; Desmond p. 578; DNB 53: 431-432 (18: 839-840); DSB 12: 594 (R.G.C. Desmond); GR p. 415; Herder p. 267, 291; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 2): 17, 41, 64, 68, 79, (ed. 3): 221, (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343; Jackson p. 377; Lenley p. 381; LS 25625; Plesch p. 415; PR 8884; Rehder 5: 818; SBC p. 132; SO 3515a; TL-2/9813, see H. Ibbotson, G.E. Massee; Tucker 1: 665; Urban-Berl. p. 314, 400. #### Biofile - Acosta-Solis, M., Natural. viaj. cien. Ecuador 31-33, 120. 1968. - Anon., Bonplandia 2: 50. 1854, 3: 344, 5: 319. 1857, 6: 250, 382. 1808, 10: 82. 1862; Bot. Zeit. 22: 320. 1864 (12 Jul 1864 Dr. phil. Leopoldina), 32: 304. 1874 (sale of remnants of S. Amer. pl. through N.E. Brown); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 227: 911. 1964; Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1894: 32-33 (obit.), 1908: 464 (botanical mss. Spruce presented to Kew by A.R. Wallace); Flora 47: 540. 1864 (Dr. phil. Leopoldina), 424 (returned from S. Amer.). 1864; Gartenflora 14: 26-27. 1865 (on S. Amer. journey); Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 160. 1982; J. Bot. 30: 352. 1892 (BM acquires 500 hepatics; Spruce works on W.R. Elliott's material); Nature 49: 317-319. 1894 (obit.); Nat. Nov. 16: 54. 1894 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 44: 119. 1894 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1893-1894: 35-37. 1895 (obit.); Rev. bryol. 13(4): 61-79. 1886 (on S. Amer. exped.), 19: 107. 1892 (Spruce prepares exsiccatae of S. Amer. hepat. for sale). - Balfour, I.B., Ann. Bot. 14: x-xiv. 1900 (obit.). - Balick, M.J., Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 28(3): 263-269. 1980 (Wallace, Spruce and *Palm trees of the Amazon*). - Bentham, G., Bull. Soc. bot. France 7 (bibl.): 543-544. 1861 (list of S. Amer. coll. for sale through Bentham). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. isl. 438 \[index\]. 1980. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 452. 1880 (coll.). - Gepp, A., J. Bot. 32: 50-53. 1894 (obit.). - Gleason, H.A., J. New York Bot. Gard. 33: 23-26. 1932 (set of 3.500 Spruce plants at NY). - Gradstein, S.R., *in* Bryophytes systematics 89-91. 1979 (on S.'s concept of the genus in Lejeuneaceae). - Grubb, K.G., Geogr. Magaz. 21(12): 481-488. 1949 (centenary of S.'s departure for the Amazon). - Hagen, V.W. von, J. New York Bot. Gard. 45: 73-80. 1944; South America called them 291-374. 1949. - Husnot, T., Rev. bryol. 21(3): 46-47. 1894 (obit. not.). - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Ind. Kew 1901: 62 (coll. at K). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 79. 1957 (Brit. pl. at LINN and YRK). - Koebel, W.H., Brit. expl. S. America 395-419. 1917 (an account of Brit. naturalists in S. Amer.). - Laing, D., Occas. Pap. Farlow Herb. 16: 126. 1981 (letters Spruce to F. Renauld at P). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 692. 1985. - Lynge, B., Index... Lichenum exsicc. 494-501. 1915. - Lyte, C., The plant hunters 80-94, 183. 1983. - Markham, C.R., Geogr. J., London 3: 245-247. 1894 (obit.). - Morgan, E.D., Scott. geogr. Magaz. 11: 26-27. 1895 (obit.). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 184. 1904 (Pyrenees mosses and hep., 4235 phan., 2467 crypt. S. Amer.; 850 pl. from Tirol purchased 1866). - O.K., Rev. hort. belg. étrang. 20: 280-281. 1894 (obit. not.). - Pittier, Man. pl. usual. Venezuela 6-7. 1926 (brief note on S. in Venezuela). - Prance, G., Acta amaz. 1(1): 60-61. 1971 (localities Amazonas and Para coll.). - Rogers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 173, 282-283, 287. 1940. - Sandeman, C, J.R. Hort. Soc. 74: 531-544. 1949. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 158. 1971 (exsicc), 19(3): 401. 1975 (id.); Bryologist 80: 518. 1977 (herb. holding bryophyte colls.). - Schuhes, R.E., Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 15(2): 29-30. 1951 (dedic); Rhodora 70: 313-339. 1968 (impacts Spruce expl. on phytochemistry), Ciencia e Cultura 20: 37-49. 1968 (id.); Reg. veg. 71: 271-272. 1970, 36(3): 251-253. 1970 (S. and *Hevea*), 78: 65-72. 1976 (on S. and ethnobotany of n.w. Amazon); Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 10: 159-161. 1978 (unpubl. letter on the theory of evolution); Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 77: 131-139. 1978 (S. and the potential for European settlement of the Amazon, an unpubl. letter; portr.); Northern Gardener 7: 20-27, 55-61, 87-93, 121-125. - Schuster, R.M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 101. 1966; Nova Hedwigia 36: 199-208. 1982 (biogr. sketch; appreciation). - Scott, L.I., Naturalist 879: 156-157. 1961 (on S. as a Yorkshire bryologist). - Seemann, B., J. Bot. 2: 199-201. 1864 (on S.'s return to England; details on S. Amer. explor.). - Sheppard, T., Naturalist 625: 45-48. 1909 (reviews of "Notes..."). - Sledge, W.A., Econ. Bot. 24: 494. 1970; Naturalist, Yorkshire 919: 129-131. 1971; Northern Gardener 25(1): 15-16, 21. 1971 (plaque). - Spruce, R., J. R. Geogr. Soc., London 31: 163-184. 1861 (letter on Llanganates Mts.); Statement of the results of... R. Spruce's travels in the valley of the Amazon, and in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, with note by Mr. Bentham... on Mr. Spruce's services to botany. 7 p., privately printed to support application for a pension (BM(NH), see BM 5: 1995). - Stabler, G., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 20: 99-109. 1894 (obit., bibl.). - Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold Arb. 46: 271. 1965 (S. and Grisebach's Fl. Brit. W. Ind.). - Stephani, F., Bot. Centralbl. 57: 370-374. 1894 (obit., bibl., 33 nos.); Bot. Zeit. 52: 27-28. 1894 (obit. not.); Hedwigia 33: 202-204. 1894 (obit., bibl.). - Steyermark, J.A., Taxon 30: 816-817. 1981 (erroneous citation of Spruce's coll. from San Carlos de Rio Negro in Venezuela, not Brazil). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 157-158. 1898; Fl. bras. 1(1): 113-116. 1906 (see refs., itin., vita). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 428. 1937. - Wallace, A.R., *in* R. Spruce, Notes of a botanist on the Amazon & Andes 1: xxi-lii. 1908 (biogr., bibl. 54 nos.; ultimately Bentham could distribute 30 sets of S.'s plants). - Weberbauer, A., Pfl.-Welt peruan. Andes 14-15. 1911. - Wilkinson, H.J., Ann. Rep. Council Yorksh. Philos. Soc. 1906: 59-67. 1907. #### Handwriting Webbia 32(1): 37. 1977. #### Note Accounts from the field of Spruce's travels and collections were given in W.J. Hooker's botanical journals and other journals as follows: - (1) *Plants of the Pyrénées*, London J. Bot. 4: 197-199. 1845, 5: 10-11. 1846. - (2) *Notes on the botany of the Pyrénées*, London J. Bot. 5: 134-142, 345-350, 417-429, 535-548. 1846. - (3) *The musci and hepaticae of the Pyrenees*. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. ser. 2. 3: 81-106, 269-293, 358-380, 478-503. 1849, 4: 104-120. 1849; Trans. Edinb. bot. Soc. 3: 103-216. 1850. - (4) *Announcements and news of S. Amer. journey*: J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 20-21, 344-347. 1849, 2: 29, 158, 351-352. 1850, 7: 31. 1855, 8: 379. 1856, 9: 310-311. 1857. - (5) *Botanical excursion on the Amazon*, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 65-70, 173-178, 193-208, 225-232, 266-276, 298-302. 1850, 3: 84-89, 139-146, 239-248, 270-278, 335-343. 1851, 4: 305-312. 1852, 6: 94. 1854. - (6) *Letters to G. Bentham* from the Amazon, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 278-285, 305-312. 1852. - (7) *Journal of a voyage up the Amazon* and the Rio Negro, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 187-192, 207-215. 1853, 6: 33;42, 107-111. 1854, 7: 1-8. 1855. - (8) *Botanical objects communicated to the Kew Museum*, from the Amazon River in 1851-1853, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 169-177, 238-247. 1853, 7: 209-210, 245-252, 273-278. 1855. - (9) *Edible fruits from the Rio Negro*, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 183-187. 1853. - (10) *Extract of a letter relating to vegetable oils*, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 333-337. 1854. - (11) *Mr. Spruce in Peru*, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 281-282, 380. 1855, 8: 177-181. 1856. - (12) *Note on the India rubber of the Amazon*, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 193-196. 1855; J. de Pharm. 28: 382-384. 1855. - (13) *On five new plants from Eastern Peru*, J. Linn. Soc. 3 (Bot.): 191-204. 1859. - (14) *On Leopoldina Piassuba*, J. Linn. Soc. 4 (Bot.): 58-63. 1860. - (15) *Notes of a visit to the Cinchona forests*... J. Linn. Soc. 4 (Bot.): 176-192. 1860. - (16) *On the mode of branching of some Amazon trees*.... Linn. Soc. 5 (Bot.): 3-14. 1861. - (17) *Mosses of the Amazon and Andes*, J. Linn. Soc. 5 (Bot.): 45-51. 5 Jun 1860. #### Eponymy *Neosprucea* Sleumer (1938); *Sprucea* Wilson et J.D. Hooker (1845); *Sprucea* Bentham (1853); *Spruceanthus* Verdoorn (1934); *Spruceanthus* (Sleumer (1936); *Spruceella* K.A.F.W. Mueller Hal. (1900); *Spruceina* O. Kuntze (1903); *Sprucella* F. Stephani (1886); *Sprucella* Pierre (1890); *Sprucina* Niedenzu (1908). ### Publications ##### n.12.707. Report on the expedition to procure seeds and plants of the Cinchona succirubra **Title** *Report on the expedition to procure seeds and plants of the Cinchona succirubra* or red bark tree... London (printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode...) 1861 \[i.e. 1862\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. exped. Cinchona*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1862 (t.p. 1861; p. 111: 22 Sep 1861; p. 111-112 note on map signed by Markham signed 3 Jan 1862), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-112, map. *Copies*: BM (see BM 5: 1 C.R. Markham's copy, with notes), G (photocopy), HH. ##### n.12.708. Catalogus muscorum **Title** *Catalogus muscorum* fere omnium quos in terris amazonicis et andinis, per annos 1849-1860, legit Ricardus Spruceus. Londini \[E. Newman, printer\] 1867. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. musc.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1867, p. \[i\], \[1\]-22. *Copies*: FH, G, H, NY; IDC 5457. – One sided. ##### n.12.709. Palmae amazonicae **Title** *Palmae amazonicae*, sive enumeratio palmarum in itinere suo per regiones Americae aequatoriales lectarum. Auctore Ricardo Spruce... \[J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11, 1869\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Aug 1869, in journal, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11 (50-51): 65-183. 1869 (see also Bot. Zeit. 27: 664-666. 1869). ##### n.12.710. On Anomoclada **Title** *On Anomoclada*, a new genus of Hepaticae, and on its allied genera, Odontoschisma and Adelanthus. By Richard Spruce, Ph.D. \[Journal of Botany 14, 1876\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai-Aug 1876 (in journal), cover-t.p., *pl. 178, 197*, p. \[1\]-33. *Copies*: G, H, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 14: 129-136. Mai, 161-170. Jun, 193-203. Jul, 230-235. Aug 1876. – Some copies have "tab. 176, 177" erroneously on p. 1. ##### n.12.711. Musci praeteriti **Title** *Musci praeteriti*: sive de Muscis nonnullis adhuc neglectis, praetervisis vel confusis, nunc recognitis... \[Journal of Botany 18, 19, 1880-1881\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: J. Bot. 18: 289-295. Oct, 353-361. Dec 1880, 19: 11-18 Jan, 33-40. Feb 1881. ##### n.12.712. On Cephalozia **Title** *On Cephalozia* (a genus of Hepaticae) its subgenera and some allied genera... Malton (printed for the author) 1882. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cephalozia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1882 (p. vi: 27 Sep 1882; Rev. bryol. Dec 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 5-9 Mar 1883; Bot. Zeit. 30 Mar 1882), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1, err.\], \[1\]-96, \[1-3\]. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, G(2), H, MO, MO-Steere, NY, USDA. – 200 copies printed. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 21: 183-187. 1883 (rev.). - Stephani, F., Bot. Centralbl. 15: 300-302. 1883 (rev.). ##### n.12.713. Hepaticae of the Amazon **Title** *Hepaticae of the Amazon* and of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador... London (Trübner & Co.,...) \[1884-\] 1885. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hepat. Amazon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1884-1885. Issued in two parts as Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 15. 1885. – *Copies*: B, BR, FH, H, M, MO, USDA. – *Alternative title*: *Hepaticae amazonicae et andinae* quas in itinere suo per tractus montium et fluviorum Americae aequinoctialis a fluminis fluminum Amazonum ostiis ad maris pacifici litora usque, necnon a cataractis fluminis Orinoci, cis aequatorem, adusque fluvii Huallaga cataractas, lat. 6°-7° australi, annis 1849-1862, decerpsit nuperiusque descripsit Richard Spruce. \[*1*\]: Apr 1884, p. \[1\]-308. \[*2*\]: Nov 1885, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xi, 309-588, \[589\], *pl. 1-22* (uncol. liths. R. Braithwaite, G. Massee). *Reprint*: 1984 (in press) Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 15, with introduction and index by B.M. Thiers. *Ref*.: Anon., Grevillea 14: 88. 1886 (rev.). - Carrington, B., J. Bot. 24: 122-124. 1886 (rev.). ##### n.12.714. Précis d'un voyage **Title** *Précis d'un voyage* d'exploration botanique dans l'Amérique équatoriale, pour servir d'introduction provisoire à son ouvrage sur les hepatiques de l'Amazone et des Andes, par Richard Spruce. \[Extrait de la Revue bryologique, Août, 1886\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1886 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: B, H, M, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. bryol. 13(4). Aug 1886. ##### n.12.715. Lejeunia holtii **Title** *Lejeunia holtii*, a new hepatic from Killarney... \[Journal of Botany 225. 1887\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Mar 1887 (in journal), p. 33-38, 39/72, 73-82, *pl*. 272. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted from J. Bot. 25: 33-39. Feb, 72-82. Mar 1887. ##### n.12.716. On a new Irish hepatic **Title** *On a new Irish hepatic*... \[Journal of Botany 25, 1887\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1887 (in journal), p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 25: 209-211. 1887. ##### n.12.717. Hepaticae bolivianae **Title** *Hepaticae bolivianae*, in Andibus Boliviae orientalis, annis 1885-6, a cl. H.H. Rusby lectae. \[Memoirs of the Torrey botanical Club vol. I. no. 3\] 1890. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940). *Publ*.: 20 Jan 1890 (date on cover-t.p. and on p. 140), cover-t.p., p. \[113\]-140. *Copies*: B, BR, NY. – Issued and to be cited as Mem. Torrey bot. Cl. 1(3): 113-140. 1890. *Ref*.: W.H.P., J. Bot. 28: 252-253. Aug 1890 (rev.). ##### n.12.718. Hepaticae Elliottianae **Title** *Hepaticae Elliottianae*, insulis Antillanis Sti Vincentii et Dominica a dar. W.R. Elliott, annis 1891-92, lectae, Ricardo Spruce determinatae... \[Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany, vol. xxx\], \[1895\]. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: William Robert Elliott (1860-1908); *editor*. Anthony Gepp (1862-1955). *Publ*.: 5 Feb 1895 (in journal; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1895), p. \[331\]-372, *pl. 20-30* (uncol. liths. Highley). *Copies*: G, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 331-372, *pl. 20-30*. 1895. ##### n.12.719. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon & Andes **Title** *Notes of a botanist on the Amazon & Andes* being records of travel on the Amazon and its tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupés, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa; as also to the cataracts of the Orinoco, along the Eastern side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the shores of the Pacific, during the years 1849-1864 DY Richard Spruce,... edited and condensed by Alfred Russell Wallace,... with a biographical introduction portrait, seventy-one illustrations and seven maps... London (Macmillan and co., Limited...) 1908, 2 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Notes bot. Amazon*. **Notes** *Editor*: Alfred Russell Wallace (1822-1913). *1*: 1908 (Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1909), p. \[i-ii\], portr., p. \[iii\]-lii, 1-518, maps, figs. 1-49 in text. *2*: 1908 (Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1909), p. \[i\]-xii, 1-542, figs. 1-22, maps. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, PH, U, US, USDA, Wurdack. *Facsimile ed*.: 1970, Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York and London; with a new foreword by R.E. Schultes, vol. 1, new preface material \[i\]-x, vol. 2, \[i\*-iv\*\], followed by facsimile. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 47: 149-151. Apr 1909 (rev.). - Oliver, F.W., Bot. Centralbl. 110: 403-404. 20 Apr 1909 (rev.).