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EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY E D VOLUME 66, NO. 2 (2009) I N B U CONTENTS R G Begoniasection Petermannia(Begoniaceae) on Palawan (Philippines), H including two new species. M. HUGHES& C. COYLE 205 J AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT Review of the genus Stichoneuron(Stemonaceae). P. INTHACHUB, O S. VAJRODAYA& B. E. E. DUYFJES 213 U SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY Two new species of Begonia(Begoniaceae) from South Sulawesi, R Indonesia. D. C. THOMAS, W. H. ARDI, HARTUTININGSIH& M. HUGHES 229 N Henckeliasection Loxocarpus(Gesneriaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia. A VOLUME 66, NO. 2 L R. A. BANKA& R. KIEW 239 Arabia’s last forests under threat II: Remaining fragments of unique O valley forest in southwest Arabia. M. HALL, P. SCHOLTE, A. W. AL-KHULAIDI, F A. G. MILLER, A. H. AL-QADASI, A. AL-FARHAN& T. M. AL-ABBASI 263 B A revision of Scaphium(Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae). P. WILKIE 283 O Floristic and vegetational aspects of an inselberg in the semi-arid T A region of Northeast Brazil. P. GOMES& M. ALVES 329 N Dysoxylum middletonianum(Meliaceae), a distinctive new species Y from the Southern Fold Mountains of Papua New Guinea. W. TAKEUCHI 347 New combinations in the ferns of Thailand. S. LINDSAY& D. J. MIDDLETON 355 Book review Blüte und Frucht. Morphologie, Entwicklungsgeschichte, Phylogenie, V Funktion, Ökologie, 2nd edition, by Peter Leins & Claudia Erbar 363 o lu m e 6 6 , N o . 2 , p p . 2 0 5 – 3 6 4 J u ly 2 0 0 9 The cover illustration, drawn by Mary Mendum, is of the diminutive alpine plant Sibbaldia procumbens, named in honour of one of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s founders Robert Sibbald. This plant is used, in a stylised form, as the Garden’s official logo. 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