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The Flora of South Africa - Rudolf Marloth - two volumes
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The Flora of South Africa, volumes 1 & IV, 1913 & 1915, 21.3 cms x 29.3 cms x 4.8 cms, condition: very good.
This edition consists of the text of Vol. 1 (Thallophyta etc) and Vol 4 (Monocotyledons).
Hardcover. English. Darter Bros & Co. 1913-15. 264 & 208 pp plus indexes.
Volume One - Thallophyta, Archegoniatae, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones (Part 1). 36 coloured and 30 monochrome plates.1913
Volume Four - Monocotyledones. 42 coloured and 18 monochrome plates. 1915.
Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth ( 1855 1931 ) was a German-born botanist, pharmacist and analytical chemist,best known for his Flora of South Africa which appeared in six superbly illustratedvolumes between 1913 and 1932. On a visit to South Africa in 1905, commissioned Rudolf Marloth to undertakehis Flora of South Africa, a mammoth work published in 6 volumesbetween 1913 and 1932. In 1917 a waspublished - this was a supplement to the Flora of South Africa.Other publications by Marloth were Cape Flowers at home (Darter,Cape Town, 1922), The Chemistry of South African Plants and PlantProducts (Cape Chemical Society, Cape Town, 1913), DasKapland:insonderheit das Reich der Kapflora, das Waldgebiet und die Karroo,pflanzengeographisch dargestellt (Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1908)and Stone-shaped Plants (Speciality Press, Cape Town, 1929)