558 MISC. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
H. Jaccard and Oettli, below; also, for vernacular names in general, Dur- 
heim, below, and additional titles there cited. 
Briquet, John. Biographies des botanistes 4 Genéve de 1500 4 1981. 
Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Gesell. v. 50a. ix, 494 p. port. : 
Alphabetical list of 286 botanists (Swiss and foreign) who have lived 
or studied at Geneva, with biographical sketches, references to sources, 
lists of publications, lists of species, etc., named for them; chronological list 
of botanists mentioned. 
Briigger, C. G. Wildwachsende pflanzenbastarde in der Schweiz und deren 
nachbarschaft. Jahresber. Naturf. Gesell. Graubiindens n.f., 23/24: 47-123. 
1880. (Reprinted with title Beobachtungen iiber wildwachsende . aa 
General remarks; list of 403 supposed hybrids found by author, with 
localities, references, and occasional descriptions. Briugger’s judgment as 
to the hybrid nature of his plants has been severely criticized.—See also his 
Aufzahlung neuer pflanzenbastarde der Biindner- und _ nachbar-floren. 
(Botanische mitteilungen, I.) Jahresber. Naturf. Gesell. Graubiindens n.f., 
25: 54-61. 1882 Also his Beschreibungen neuer zwischenformen hybriden 
oder zweifelhaften ursprungs. (Botanische mitteilungen, II.) l.c. 25: 62-112. 
1882. (The two last reprinted with title Mitteilungen tiber neue pflanzen- 
bastarde der schweizer-flora.) 
Bruhin, T. A. Aelteste flora der Schweiz. Aus den werken Conrad Ges- 
ner’s und seiner zeitgenossen (1516-1565). Ber. St. Gall. Naturw. Gesell. 
1864/65: 18-104. 1865. 
Systematic list of vascular plants, with corresponding names from works 
of Aretius, Fabricius, Gesner, Rhellicanus, and Tragus. 
] Uebersicht der geschichte und literatur der schweizer-floren. 
pt. I-II. (30, 40 p.) In Jahresbericht iiber die FErziehungsanstalt des 
Benediktiner-Stiftes Maria-Einsiedeln im studienjahre 1862/63 und 1863/64. 
Einsiedeln, 1863-64. 
History of Swiss floristic work from Gesner to De Candolle, with references 
to publications. (Not seen; title and annotation supplied by W. Rytz.)—See 
also Ed. Fischer, Rehder, Schweizerische Botanische Gesellschaft (Referate), 
and Schweizerische Landesbibliotek, below. 
Buchli, Matheus. Oekologie der ackerunkrauter der Nordostschweiz. 
Beitr. Geobot. Landesaufn. Pflanzengeog. Kom. Schweiz. Naturf. Gesell. nr. 
19. 354 p. (incl. diagrs., maps). 6 pl., table. 1936. 
Mainly ecological; includes tabular list of 205 weedy vascular plants (p. 
59-64), and bibliography (p. 343-354). Refers to Aargau, Schaffhausen, and 
Zurich.—See also Probst, Stebler, and Thellung, below. 
Biihler, Anton. Studien iiber die baumgrenze im hochgebirge. Ber. 
Schweiz. Bot. Gesell. 8: 19-88. 1898. 
Sources; tabular list of trees, showing extreme altitudes reached in 8 
different regions in Switzerland; lists from various localities, showing trees 
observed at different altitudes; general considerations.—See also Coaz, 
Empeyta, and Kienli, below. 
Christ, Hermann. La flore de la Suisse et ses origines. Ed. francaise 
traduite par E. Tiéche, revue par l’auteur . .. nouv. éd. augmentée d’un 
Apercu des récents travaux géobotaniques. xiv, 571, 119 p. 4 pl., 4 maps, 
tab. 24 cm. Bale, Genéve, Lyon, 1907. (Gray Herbarium library.) (1st 
ed. 1883, based on his Das pflanzenleben der Schweiz, 1879.) 
Account of plant zones, arranged altitudinally and geographically, with 
description of topography, climate, characteristic species, etc.; origin of 
flora. The Supplément (Apercu des récents travaux géobotaniques concer- 
nant la Suisse. 119 p.) is mainly a summary of recent investigations. It 
was also published separately—See also next title and Furrer, Heer, P 
Jaccard, Jerosch, and Thurmann below. 
Ueber die verbreitung der pflanzen der alpinen region der 
europdischen Alpenkette. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Gesell. v. 22, 
no. 7... 84. ps map, 41867. 
Discussion; tabular list of 693 vascular plants, showing distribution in 
northern hemisphere.—See also title above and additional references there 
given. 
