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XII. THe PERUVIAN ANDES 
: This volume is the second one of the series to treat of American vegeta- 
ag The general plan of the other volumes is followed, though the con- 
sideration is mainly floristic, very little being said regarding the formations.‘ 
EBERBAUER, the author of the treatise, has spent several years of study in 
Peru, and is known to plant geographers by various papers dealing with Peru- 
vian vegetation. Following the usual bibliography of literature and an 
account of the topography and climate, there is a survey of the plant families 
represented. Most of the volume is devoted to a detailed account of the 
vegetation by “zones,” that is, by altitudinal subdivisions. These subdi- 
visions are the Misti zone (2200-3400 m.) and the Tola zone (3400-4300 m.) 
on the western slope in southern Peru, the Loma zone of the coast, the north- 
€rn desert zone, the central Sierra zone, the northern Sierra zone, the high 
a atin 
> ENGLER, A., und Drunk, O., Die Vegetation der Erde. XI. Apamovié, L., Die 
Vegetationsverhiiltnisse der Balkanlinder (Méische Linder) unfassend Serbien, Altser- 
len, Bulgarian, Ostrumelien, Nordthrakien, und Nordmazedonien. pp. xvit-567. 
maps 6. pls. 41. figs. 11. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1909. M 40 (subscrip- 
tion Mf 30). 
4, Die Vegetation der Erde. XII. WeEBERBAUER, A., Die Pflanzenwelt der 
Peruanischen Anden. pp. xii+355. maps 2. pls. go. figs. 63. Leipzig: Wilhe' 
Engelmann. tgt1. M 28 (subscription M 20). 
