THE scope of this book is somewhat ambitious, for although it is limited to the requirements of intermediate examinations, it takes up in considerable detail the four main branches of botany.

THIS is in no sense a cram-book. To take the trouble of learning it by heart, page for page, would not suffice for any botanical examination with which we are acquainted. This is a great advantage in ...

At age 19, Leme started taking specimens to taxonomist Edmundo Pereira, then a researcher at the Herbarium Brandeanum in Rio de Janeiro, who helped him identify them. It wasn’t long before science ...