Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Abstract

THE Carnegie Institution has again materially added to our knowledge of the vegetation of the more outlying parts of the world by the publication of three treatises on American Samoa by Prof. W. A. Setchell. The first and third parts are devoted to the vegetation of two islands, Tutuila and Rose Atoll, and provide a comprehensive review of the nature and distribution of the flora and enumerations of the species recorded. In addition to his own work, the author has incorporated that of previous workers in this locality, and has received the assistance of specialists in the description of the general habitat factors and the enumeration of the species.

Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Vol. 20: American Samoa. Part 1: Vegetation of Tutuila Island: Part 2: Vegetation of the Samoans; Part 3: Vegetation of Rose Atoll. By Prof. W. A. Setchell. (Publication 341.) Pp. vi + 275 + 37 plates. (Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1924.) 3.50 dollars.