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Contents: Three memorial lectures on Linnaeus, Thunberg and A.-P. deCandolle/ Notes on African economic botany, including Apocynaceae,Adansonia, Cucurbitaceae, Compositae, Acacia, Mesembryanthemaceae, Cola,Sesemum, Polygalaceae, Coffea, Solanum, Dioscorea, African cereals,Zingiberaceae, water plants, mining wastes, wild vegetables, traditionalknowledge/ Systematics, sociology and geography (papers on phytochemistry of Rutaceae; Dioscorea cayensis and D.rotunda; palms ofCameroun; termite mounds; Amaryllidaceae; Loma Mts.; Cyperaceaeinflorescences; Cecropia peltata in Ivory Coast; Clematopsis inMadagascar; a new Milletia)/ Progress reports, including a secondedition of the AETFAT map showing the extent of floristic explorationin Africa south of the Sahara/ Projects and miscellaneous communications.