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Morvan, the northeasternmost part of the Massif Central, in the Depart- 
ments of Cote-d’Or, Niévre, Sadne-et-Loire, and Yonne.)—Also his La flore 
du Morvan. Monde des Plant. 46 (274/5): 7-9. 1 fig. (map). 1951. (List 
of scarcer angiosperms. In Arnold Arboretum library. For another work 
on the Morvan, see Gillot under Sadne-et-Loire.)—Also Bénézech, Garnaud, 
Lamotte, Lassimonne, and Pantel, below. 
Bel, Jules. Les plantes médicinales du midi de la France. 128 p. 25 cm. 
Paris, 1897. (Gray Herbarium library.) 
Annotated systematic list of wild and cultivated medicinal plants, with 
uses.—See also Ansberque, under General, above, and additional references 
there given. 
Bénézech, A. Les Causses Cévenols (essai de géographie botanique et 
d’économie rurale). 4 p.l., 108 p. illus. 25.5 cm. Millau, 1919. (Thése.) 
(Gray Herbarium library.) 
Plant associations, etc.; includes (p. 56-64) “Les plantes des Causses 
employées dans |’alimentation ou dans la médecine populaire des campagnes,” 
an annotated list of edible and medicinal plants, with vernacular names and 
uses. Relates to Aveyron, Gard, Hérault, and Lozére.—See also Beille, 
above, and additional references there given; also Ansberque under General, 
above, and additional references there given. 
Bonnier, Gaston, and Layens, Georges de. Nouvelle flore du nord de la 
France et de la Belgique pour la détermination facile des plantes sans mots 
techniques ... 8. éd. rev. et corr. 2 p.l., xxxiv, 309 p. 2,282 fig., map. 
18cm. Paris, [1926?] (1st ed. 1887(?).) 
Pocket flora of vascular plants in form of illustrated keys; index of botani- 
cal names with derivation of generic names, localities for the scarcer species, 
and brief notes on uses; indices of French and Fiemish names, sketch of 
botanical regions, with map. Covers Belgium and the French departments 
Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Somme, Oise, Aisne, and Ardennes. The eighth edition 
differs in no way from the seventh; there are later editions, the last one 
noted in the literature being the 14. éd. 285 p. 2,713 fig. (date?) 
Boreau, Alexandre. Flore du centre de la France et du bassin de la Loire, 
ou description des plantes qui croissent spontanément ou qui sont cultivées 
en grand dans les départements arrosés par la Loire et ses affluents, avec 
Vanalyse des genres et des espéces. 3. éd. augmentée. 2 v. (xvi, 356; 1 p.l., 
771 p.). 22.5cem. Paris, 1857. (1st ed. 1840.) 
Topography, general features of flora, plant formations, botanical explora- 
tions, bibliography; descriptive flora of vascular plants and Characeae (2891 
species), with localities. Covers all or part of 29 departments, which are 
named in the introduction.—See also Cariot, below. 
Bosc, J. J. Tableau de quelques végétaux indigénes de la région du Bas- 
Rhone avec la concordance des noms vulgaires provencaux et languedociens. 
33, x p. 24.5 cm. Nimes, 1893. (Arnold Arboretum library.) 
List of vascular (and some cellular) plants, with vernacular names in 
French, Provencal, and Languedocien.—See also works on vernacular names 
listed under Languedoc and Provence; also Azais, above, and Duboul, below; 
also under General, above, Gatin, and additional references there given. 
Braun-Blanquet, Josias. La végétation alpine et nivale des Alpes fran- 
caises. In Chouard, Pierre, ed. Etude botanique de l’étage alpin particu- 
lierement en France. p. 27-96. 7 fig., pl. 2-5. 26 cm. Bayeux, 1954. 
Includes (p. 88-92) list of 120 angiosperms observed in the Alps of France 
above 2,900 meters elevation, with localities; bibliography. 
Cariot, Antoine, abbé, and Saint-Lager, J. B. Flore descriptive du bassin 
moyen du Rhone et de la Loire. 8. éd. rev. et augmentée .. . xxxv, 1,004 p. 
18.5 em. Lyon, 1889. (Cariot’s Etudes des fleurs. Botanique élémentaire, 
descriptive et usuelle. v. 2.) (Arnold Arboretum library.) (Reissued 1897; 
1st ed. 1841, Etude des fleurs ... by Chirat, Ludovic.) 
Descriptive flora of vascular plants and Characeae (2,935 species), with 
localities. The 1st edition, 1841, was by Chirat; the 3d edition, 1860, although 
regarded by Cariot as an edition of Chirat, was really a new work. Relates 
to the departments of Ain, Ardéche, Dréme, Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, 
Isére, Loire, Rhéne, and Savoie-—See also Boreau, above, and Fourreau, 
Magnin, and Saint-Lager, below. 
