FLORAS OF THE WORLD—PART II 101 
Unannotated list of departmental and local floras and floristic works 
relating to vascular plants, geographically arranged. The following regions 
and departments are covered: in no. 237: I. Champagne (Aube, Ardennes); 
no. 238: (Haute-Marne, Marne); II. Bourgogne (Ain, Céte-d’Or, Niévre, 
Saéne-et-Loire, Yonne); no. 239/240: III. Lorraine (Meuse, Meurthe-et- 
Moselle, Moselle); no. 241 (Moselle, continued); no. 242: (Vosges, Massif 
des Vosges); no. 244: (Massif des Vosges, continued), IV. Alsace (Bas-Rhin, 
Belfort, Haut-Rhin); no. 245: Franche-Comté (Doubs, Haute-Saéne, Jura and 
Chaine jurassique); no. 246: région parisienne (general titles); no. 247: 
région parisienne, general, continued; also Aisne, Brie, Seine-et-Marne, 
Seine-et-Oise); no. 249: (Aisne, continued, Oise), Normandie (Calvados, Eure, 
Manche); no. 250/251: (Manche, continued, Orne, Seine-Maritime), région 
du Nord (in part). No more published.—See also Daniker, above, and 
additional references there given. 
Dubois, Francois. Matiére médicale indigéne ou histoire des plantes 
médicinales qui croissent spontanément en France et en Belgique... xiv, 
436 p. 22 cm. Tournai, 1848. (Arnold Arboretum library.) 
Account of medicinal properties and uses of vascular and cellular plants, 
the plants grouped (by families) according to use; therapeutic index.—See 
also Ansberque, above, and additional references there given. 
Ducomet, Vital. Les plantes alimentaires sauvages. Ressources de la 
flore francaise. 144 p. 18cm. Paris, 1917. 
General considerations, with references; annotated list of edible plants of 
France, classed by parts used, including wild and cultivated vascular plants 
and algae, lichens, and mushrooms; no index of scientific names.—See also 
Ansberque, above, and additional references there given. 
Fournier, Paul. Arbres, arbustes et fleurs de pleine terre. (At head of 
title page: Flore illustrée des jardins et des pares.) 3 v. (3887, 549, 535 p., 
port.) and atlas. 181 i.e. 182 pl. 25 cm. Paris, 1951-52. (Encyclopédie 
biologique v. 38, 39, 40, 44.) 
Keys to families, genera, and species of hardy cultivated ferns and flower- 
ing plants, herbaceous and woody (6,730 species, of which 2,020 are figured) 
with statement of native country, date of introduction, etc. Refers appar- 
ently mainly to western Europe, particularly France——See also Géréme and 
Guillaumin, below. 
Le livre des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France; 1,500 
espéces par le texte et par l’image, d’aprés l’ensemble de nos connaissances 
actuelles ... préface par le Dr Henri Leclerc. 3 v. (Ixxviii, 447; 504; 686 
D.). a 23.5 cm. Paris, 1947-48 (1949). (Encyclopédie biologique v. 
25, 31, 32. 
Brief history of phytotherapy in the world at large, systematic list of 
vascular medicinal plants of France (952 genera, in part with mention of 
species), popular key to species and groups; account of native and cultivated 
medicinal plants of France, alphabetically arranged by vernacular names, 
with collected French vernacular names and principal German, English, and 
Italian names, history, properties, uses, culture, etc.; short bibliography, 
lists of plants grouped by medical properties and by diseases, indices.—See 
also Ansberque, above, and additional references there given. 
Les quatre flores de France, Corse comprise (générale, alpine, 
méditerranéenne, littorale). Manuel botanique d’excursions de l’étudiant, 
du touriste, de l’amateur, du spécialiste . .. 2. tirage, xlviii, 1,091 p. 
illus. (8,075 small fig., incl. map). 20.5 cm. Paris, 1946. (1st printing, 
Garches [etc.], 1934-40.) 
Laws applying to botanical collecting, key to families, etc.; pocket manual 
of vascular plants (4,217 species) in form of keys, with short statement of 
range, explanation of generic and specific names, etc., and numerous tiny 
figures.—For additions and corrections, see Monde des Plant. VI, 42 (247): 
33, (248): 43. 1947 (Fournier), (248): 43-46. 1947 (E. Thommen): 45 
nts 11, (266): 21-22. 1950 (M. Breistroffer); 51 (317): 4-6, (818): 11, 
319): 15-17. 1956 (A. Berton). (All in Arnold Arboretum library.) 
Fron, Georges. Plantes nuisibles 4 l’agriculture. Caractéres botaniques, 
methodes de destruction. 346 p. 151 fig. 18 cm. Paris, 1917. (Encyclo- 
pédie agricole publiée . . . sous la direction de G. Wery.) 
