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A new subspecies of Omphalodes luciliae(Boraginaceae) from Turkey. R. R. MILL 159 H
Stubendorffiaand Winklerabelong to the expanded Lepidium(Brassicaceae).
J AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT
I. A. AL-SHEHBAZ& K. MUMMENHOFF 165 O
The correct citation and typification of the name Desmos viridiflorus U SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY
(Annonaceae). I. M. TURNER 173 R
A new and unusual xerophytic species of Begonia(Begoniaceae) N
from Peru. M. C. TEBBITT 177 A VOLUME 68, NO. 2
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Important Plant Areas in the Arabian Peninsula: 3. ‘Uruq Bani Ma‘arid. M. HALL,

A. G. MILLER, O. A. LLEWELLYN, T. M. AL-ABBASI, R. J. AL-HARBI& K. F. AL-SHAMMARI 183 O
Important Plant Areas in the Arabian Peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja’. O. A. LLEWELLYN, M. HALL, F

A. G. MILLER, T. M. AL-ABBASI, A. H. AL-WETAID, R. J. AL-HARBI& K. F. AL-SHAMMARI 199 B
Nine new species of Begonia(Begoniaceae) from South and West Sulawesi, Indonesia. O
D. C. THOMAS, W. H. ARDI& M. HUGHES 225 T
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Two new species of Eriocaulon(Eriocaulaceae) from India. S. NAMPY,
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K. M. MANUDEV& A. K. PRADEEP 257
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A new species of Selliguea(Polypodiaceae) from Thailand. P. HOVENKAMP 265
Ficus trivia(Moraceae) redefined. C. C. BERG 269
A floristic description of the San Pastor Savanna, Belize, Central America. J. HICKS,
Z. A. GOODWIN, S. G. M. BRIDGEWATER, D. J. HARRIS& P. A. FURLEY 273
New and noteworthy species of Primula(Primulaceae) from China. C. M. HU& G. HAO 297 V
The Themeda quadrivalvistall-grass savannah of Oman at the crossroad between olu
Africa and Asia. A. PATZELT 301 m
Appendicula nicobarica(Orchidaceae – Epidendroideae – Podochileae), a new e 6
species from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, India. J. JAYANTHI, R. SUMATHI, 8,
K. KARTHIGEYAN& D. NARASIMHAN 321 N
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Seeds of Amazonian Plants, by Fernando Cornejo & John Janovec 325 p
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Flora Malesiana, Series I. Volume 19. Cucurbitaceae, by W. J. J. O. de Wilde & B. E. E. Duyfjes 327 15
Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 1, edited by B. S. Parris, 9–
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R. Kiew, R. C. K. Chung, L. G. Saw & E. Soepadmo; Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, 3
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SEe. rSieose pIIa:d Smeoed & P Pla.n Cts., BVooylucmee 1, edited by R. Kiew, R. C. K. Chung, L. G. Saw, 328 Ju
Natural and Cultural History of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica, edited ly 2
by Anton Weissenhofer, Werner Huber, Veronika Mayer, Susanne Pamperl, 0
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Anton Weber & Gerhard Aubrecht 330 1
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