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LIBERIA 



See also West Africa. 



General 



Cooper, G. P., and Record, S. J. The evergreen forests of Liberia. Bui. Yale 

 Univ. School Forestry no. 31. xi, 153 p. 15 pi. on 8, map. 1931. 



History, topography, climate, general features of flora; list of 286 woody 

 plants, with vernacular names, brief descriptions, citations of collections, and 

 descriptions of woods; composition of sample plots (as to species, etc.) ; uses 

 of woods ; alphabetical list of vernacular names, with botanical equivalents. 



Dinklage, Max. Verzeichnis der flora von Liberia. Repert. Spec. Nov. Fedde 

 41: 235-271. 1937. 



Botanical explorations; list of known vascular plants, with citation of exsic- 

 catae but no localities or annotations. 



Stapf, Otto. The known plants of Liberia, mainly from materials in the 

 herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In Johnston, Harry. Liberia, 

 v. 2, p. 570-669. fig. 246-266. London, 1906. 



Botanical explorations ; list of vascular plants, with brief descriptions, 

 localities, collectors' names, and occasional annotations. 



LIBYA 



See also Algeria (Maire, Contributions a l'6tude) ; Egypt (Issa Bey; Schweinfurth, 

 Ascherson, and Taubert). 



The following publications have not been available : 



Corti, Roberto. Prodromo della flora e vegetazione del Fezzan (Resultati scientifici 

 delle Missioni nel Sahara Italiano). fasc. 1-3 (250 p.). Firenze, 1938. (Ed. prov- 

 visoria.) (Cited from Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. 45: ccii. 1938.) 



Nannizzi, Arturo. Le piante coltivate ed utili della Libia, viii, 192 p. 21 cm. 

 Siena, 1913. (Cited from International catalogue of scientific literature, 13th annual 

 issue M, Botany, p. 206.) 



General 



Ascherson, Paul. Die aus dem mittlern Nordafrika, dem gebiete der Rohlfs'- 

 schen expedition nach Kufra bekannt gewordenen pflanzen. In Rohlfs, Ger- 

 hard. Kufra. Reise von Tripolis nach der oase Kufra ... p. 386-559. Leip- 

 zig, 1881. 



Botanical explorations, with bibliographical references ; annotated lists of 

 vascular and cellular plants known from Tripolitania (437 species), Fezzan 

 (200 species), Kufra (39 species), Audjilagruppe (Aujila: 48 species), and 

 Cyrenaica, including Turkish Marmara (493 species), with localities, vernacular 

 names, and references. Cultivated species are included and numbered in the 

 lists. Under the title "Plantarum Africae septentrionalis mediae hucusque 

 cognitarum conspectus," the list of 775 plants (759 vascular) was reprinted in 

 Bot. Centralbl. 8: 278^-287. 1881. 



[Borzi, Antonino.] Elenco alfabetico degli autori che si occuparono della 

 Libia sotto l'aspetto botanico ed agrario e della loro pubblicazioni . . . Monog. 

 e Rap. Colon. Min. Colon. (Italy) no. 9. 32 p. 1912; no. 11. 30 p. 1912. 



Partly annotated list, alphabetically arranged by authors; includes also 

 collectors, with brief biographical notes. 



Cortesi, Fabrizio. Piante officinali e della medicina popolare delle Colonie 

 italiane d' Africa e regioni limitrofe. Rassegna Econ. Colon. (Italy) 24: 71-126. 

 1936. 



Bibliography : systematic list of vascular plants, with vernacular names and 

 brief account of uses, summarizing available information; lists of botanical 

 and vernacular names, without references to pages. Covers Libya, Eritrea, 

 Italian Somaliland, and Ethiopia. 



Durand, Ernest, and Barratte, Gustave. Florae libycae prodromus, ou cata- 

 logue raisonne des plantes de Tripolitaine . . . avec la collaboration de P. 

 Ascherson, W. Barbey et R. Muschler . . . cxxvii, 330 p. 20 pi., map. 35 cm. 

 Geneve, 1910. 



Physiography, biographical sketches of botanical collectors, synoptical tables 

 showing distribution, phytogeography, list of cultivated plants, bibliography; 

 geology (by S. Meunier) ; annotated list of 1,156 plants (1,026 vascular), with 



