SOUTHERN AFRICAN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES

First Edition: 359 pages, double page colour map, 83 plates from line drawings and numerous colour illustrations and distribution maps in the text, green cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the title page.

'Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies by J E Burrows represents the culmination of eighteen years of fern collecting throughout southern Africa and into the remotest corners of this subcontinent. It is a comprehensive work covering all 343 known species of the region and including also some of the naturalised introduced species. Every species is illustrated with excellent colour photography and there are over 800 individual line illustrations, showing salient diagnostic characteristics and providing extensive insight into this fascinating group of plants.' Editor's note.