A Thousand and One Flowers of Lebanon. 2002. (Publications of the Lebanese University, Natural Sci., Vol.22). 1024 col. photogr. VI, 309 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. - English.

A user -friendly guide, including 1024 colour photographs. Ferns,most trees and gramineous plants have been excluded. Only sevenillustrations of the Gramineae family are shown. The guide gives oneor two photographs of each genus representing the major groups suchas Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, etc. However, Orchidaceae, most of the Iridaceae, Araceaea, Lamiaceae and the genusAstragalus, Colchicum, Silene, etc. are almost all represented.Next tothe illustrations, the following information is given: Latin name asused by Mouterde, locality, composition of soil, humidity, habitat,endemic distribution (covering Lebanon, Syria, Turkey), floweringtimes, etc.