Abstract
POST'S “Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai” has been a work of reference for those engaged in studying the flora of the Near East since its original publication in 1896. It is based mainly on Boissier's “Flora Orientalis” and, like that great classic, has for some time needed drastic revision. The present (second) edition, of which the first volume is noticed here, retains the essential features of the original but has been considerably enlarged by the inclusion of many more species, mostly discovered in the area since 1896, and some additional figures. Since the whole work has been re-set, it seems unfortunate that Post's descriptions, often inadequate for purposes of exact identification, were not re-written. Many of the figures too should have been re-drawn.
Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai: a Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, Native and Naturalized, from the Taurus to Ras Muhammad and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Syrian Desert.
By Dr. George E. Post. (American University of Beirut: Publications of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Natural Science Series, No. 1.) Second edition, extensively revised and enlarged by John Edward Dinsmore. Vol. 1. Pp. xliv + 639. (Beirut: American Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1932.) 42s. net.
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T., W. Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai: a Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, Native and Naturalized, from the Taurus to Ras Muhammad and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Syrian Desert. Nature 132, 299 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132299a0
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