UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 401 



Washington, D. C. Issued June 1942 



GEOGRAPHICAL GUIDE 



to 



FLORAS OF THE WORLD 



An annotated list with special reference to useful plants 

 and common plant names 



PART I 



Africa, Australia, North America, 

 South America, and Islands of the 

 Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans 



By 



S. F. BLAKE 



Senior Botanist 



Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



and 



ALICE C. ATWOOD 



Botanical Bibliographer 



Library 



UNITED STATES 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



WASHINGTON: 1942 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - •> Price 75 cents 



