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Extensively annotated alphabetical list of vernacular (Spanish) names of 

 wild and cultivated plants ; cross-reference index of scientific names, separate 

 index of vernacular names used by Indian tribes ; bibliography of flora of Costa 

 Rica ; sketch of botanical exploration ; plant distribution ; discussion of economic 

 plants, classified by uses ; origin of vernacular names. 



Polakowsky, Hellmuth. Die pflanzenwelt von Costa-Rica ; ein beitrag zur 

 kenntnis der pflanzen-geographie und der flora von Central-Amerika. Jahresber. 

 Ver. Erdk. Dresden 16 (Wiss. th.) : 25-124. map. 1879. (Spanish translation 

 by Manuel Carazo Peralta, with annotations by H. Pittier, as "La flora de 

 Costa Rica. Contribution al estudio de la fitogeografia centro-americana." 

 Anales Inst. Fis.-Geog. Nac. Costa Rica 2: 177-201. 1890.) 



Geography, plant geography (indicated on the map), systematic list of plants 

 (cellular and vascular) known from Costa Rica, with localities and collectors' 

 names. 



Standley, P. C. Flora of Costa Rica. Pub. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 391, 392, 

 420, 429, Bot. Ser. v. 18. 1616 p. map. 1937-38. 



Physiography, plant zones, botanical explorations, bibliography ; list of 6,085 

 spermatophytes with vernacular names, local and extralimital range, citation 

 of type collection (if from Costa Rica) and often of other local collections; 

 brief descriptions of genera and species in the case of the Dicotyledons. Orchid- 

 aceae by Oakes Ames. Index, p. 1573-1616, issued [1939]. A translation with 

 slight changes has begun to appear as Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Serie 

 Bo tanica v. 1 (pt. 1, no. 1-3, p. 1-146. 1937-39). 



GUATEMALA 



See also Mexico (Bukasov). 



General 



Guerin, Rene, Gonzalez, Dario, and Garcia Salas M., Jorge. Catalogue des 

 produits presentes par la republique de Guatemala a l'Exposition universelle de 

 Paris, 1900. 117 p. 23 cm. Guatemala, 1900. 



Annotated, classified lists of plant products ; general summary of geographic 

 and other information about Guatemala. 



Niederlein, Gustav. The Republic of Guatemala. 63 p. 23,5 cm. Philadel- 

 phia, 1898. 



Includes (p. 19-30) chapter on vegetation with unannotated classified lists of 

 principal economic plants, with vernacular and scientific names, also alphabetical 

 lists of native names of woods and medicinal plants, without botanical equiva- 

 lents. 



Smith, J. D. Enumeratio plantarum guatemalensium necnon salvadorensium 

 hondurensium nicaraguensium costaricensium. 8 v. plates. 23 cm. Oquawkae. 

 1889-1907. (Title varies, that of vol. 1 is: Enumeratio plantarum guatema- 

 lensium imprimis a H. de Tuerckheim collectarum ; v. 2-3 : Enumeratio plantarum 

 guatemalensium.) 



Each volume (1-7) consists of copies of the data of specimens distributed by 

 J. D. Smith from Guatemala (and in the later volumes other Central American 

 republics) during successive periods of years, arranged in systematic order. 

 Vol. 8 contains an alphabetical list of all the species so distributed with refer- 

 ences to their enumeration in earlier volumes. Lists 3,736 species, of which 

 1,189 are not given by Hemsley. Vol. 1-5 include also his Undescribed plants 

 from Guatemala^ I-XXI, reprinted from Bot. Gaz. v. 12-16, 18-21, 23-25, 26. 



[Tejada, R. ?] Catalogo de plantas reputadas medicinales en la Republica de 

 Guatemala. 71 p. 26 cm. Guatemala, [1913?]. (At head of title: Fiestas de 

 Minerva de 1913. Exposicion nacional.) 



Alphabetical list of vernacular names (and botanical names when known), 

 with localities and brief notes on medicinal uses. The "segunda edicion" (55 p., 

 Guatemala, 1929) seems to be identical with the first, except for the omission 

 of the short preface. 



Local 



Blake, S. F. Native names and uses of some plants of eastern Guatemala and 

 Honduras. Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: 87-100. pi. 29-33. 1922. 



Briefly annotated list of vernacular and botanical names with local uses. 



