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SiDA Book Reviews Boranical Research InstituteoFTexas ^09 Pecan Street Fort Worth, TX 76102-4059, U.S.A. UpION T. Waitik. 1989. DendrobiumOrchidsofAustralia. Timber Press, Portland Oregon. Hardbound. 2^7 pp. The^'cnu.sDaulrobiumisoneolthelari^cscinOrchidaceae.In(Chapter1:WalterUpton brieflydescribesthegenusandwirlitextandfineillustrationsexplainsthesubgeneraand sections.Chapter2:HistoryofthegenusDmdmhiinninAustralia.Chapter3:Descriptions olDviklrohiiinispeciesinAustraliadescribeseachAustralianspeciesbysynonyms,descrip- tionchroniosome#,habitat,culture,andhybridswithillustrationsandphotographsby Upton.Chapter!:NaturalhybridsoccurringinAustralia.Chapter5:Historyofhybridiza- tion. Chapter6: Pollination and seed raising. Chapter 7: Culture Appendix I: Main monthsoffloweringinnativehabitat.Appendix2:DaidrobiioiihybridsusingonlyAustra- lian indigenous parents registered to February 19KH. Appendix 3: Daiclrohuiw hybrids inchidingPhalaautpsisandD.schrin'ckrimni/mintheirparentagetoMarch 1987.Appendix tIi:onRecalbabsrseivfiyaitnigontsh.egAepnpuesnDdcinxdnt6h:iuuNia.mAepjicenhtainigxes'^.oAfutDhfoirisdniobfmipiliantorncahimdessaasndjpuuobploiscead- November1988.ThetextandillustrationswillbehelpfultoanyonestudyingDvndrobi/nn. DotlieM. "^'midiini Wacnir,Wakri:nL.,Di.rrai.R.Hi;rbst,S.H.Sc)h,\u;k. 1991.Manual ofTheFloweringPlantsofHawaiiVtslume1and\\. Universityof Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press. Hardbound. 1854 pp. Thismanualprovideskeysanddescriptionsfor M6families, 619generaand 1,817 speciesofnativeandnaturizedplants,liightyearsandhftycontributorsmakethisstudyof TheFloweringplantsofTheHawaiianArchipelagothemostcompletesinceHiUebrantl'sa centuryago.ThefirstvolumeincludeschaptersonMethodsandScope,Geology,Climate, Vegetation, Important Collections, aiul Abbreviations. The listings are alphabetically arranged within tlicots and monocots. The glossary, literature cited, 24() illustration vouchers,and imlexareinvolumeII. Thismanualwouldbeexcellentforanystudying plantsamiplantdistributionsaswellasanyonewantingtogrowplantsfromtheseislands. DotIII M. W'liodsiiN Sii:.A I1(0:580. 1991.

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