26 MISC. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Of the 29 provinces or equivalent divisions recognized (includ- 
ing 5 divisions of Lapland), 21 possess individual floras, of which 
7 date from 1851 to 1884, 6 from 1897 to 1909, and 8 from 1924 to 
1952. Of the 8 that lack individual floras, 5 (Asele, Lule, and 
Lycksele Lappmark, Norrbotten, Vasterbotten) are included in a 
joint regional flora of 1878; one (Gdstrikland) is fairly covered 
by a partial flora of 1863 with extensive subsequent additions 
embracing the whole area; one (Sddermanland) by a joint flora 
of 1871; and only Angermanland completely lacks a provincial 
flora. There is an abundance of local floras, a great many of 
them relatively modern. From 3 to 82 (Vastergoétland) local 
works are cited for each province except 4, of which 2 (Dalsland, 
Oland) have 1 each and 2 (Gastrikland, Halsingland) have none; 
of these 4, only 1 (Gland) has a modern flora. Of 315 primary 
titles, 47 are general, 7 partial, 27 provincial, and 234 local; and 
there are 357 subsidiary titles, making a total of 672. 
SWITZERLAND.—The republic of Switzerland, officially termed 
La Confédération Suisse, with an area of 41,295 square kilometers 
(15,944 square miles), has a flora of 2,578 species (Binz, 1941). 
There are two good modern pocket manuals, Schinz and Keller 
(1923) and Binz (1957), the latter also with a French edition, 
and several less useful older floras. An oldtime favorite manual, 
that of Gremli, is now out of date (last edition 1901). There is 
an old list (1897), showing the distribution of each plant in the 
cantons, and from 1892 to date the most systematic and complete 
listing of new records that is available for any country in the 
world. There are several lists of alpine plants, and an extensive 
catalog of alleged hybrids (Britigger). There is a collection of 
small but excellent colored plates by Hegetschweiler (the draw- 
ings by Labram), usually listed as numbering 480 but actually 
amounting to 882 in some sets, and two duodecimo atlases of 
alpine plants with colored habit figures of 500 and 400 species, 
respectively, as well as some smaller ones; also a set of 255 excel- 
lent heliotype plates by Marret. Thommen has published a pocket 
volume giving a small figure of each species, mostly with enlarged 
details, intended for field use. There is an excellent classified 
bibliography by Fischer going through 1900, a less complete 
classified catalog by Rehder ending with the same year, and a 
current listing of new publications from 1890 to date, containing 
abstracts up to the year 1915. Durheim (1856) provided the most 
extensive collection available of French, German, Italian, and 
Romansch vernacular names, Kohler gave a list of Germanic 
names, Savoy and Empeyta the Romand names and Coaz the 
names of woody plants in the four languages; and there are two 
works on locality names derived from Germanic vernacular 
names and one on the French names. Brunies began a list of 
Romansch names used in Graubiinden, abruptly terminated by 
death when he had reached only the letter F. 
There is a popular manual of wild and cultivated woody plants 
by Kienli, a descriptive flora of native and naturalized woody 
plants by Empeyta, and a table of the altitudinal limits of trees 
by Biihler. There are four works on medicinal plants, one on 
