1. The Society for Economic Botany Mildred E. Mathias 1993 distinguished Economic Botanist

   Announcement Pages: 1 - 2

2. Magic, myth and medicine

   • Mildred E. Mathias

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 7

3. Canadian biodiversity: An international forum on biological diversity ... research, education, and conservation

   • James E. Eckenwalder

   Book review Pages: 7 - 7

4. Medicinal Plants of Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast

   • Bruce Barrett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 8 - 20

5. Lac host-trees and the balance of agroecosystems in south Yunnan, China

   • Claude Saint-Pierre
   • Ou Bingrong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 28

6. Morphology of the slashed pod trait in lentil

   • M. M. Welsh-Maddux
   • S. C. Spaeth
   • F. J. Muehlbauer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 34

7. Cycads of the world. Ancient plants in today’s landscape

   • Luis D.
   • Gómez P.

   Book review Pages: 34 - 34

8. The Australian desert shrubEremophila (myoporaceae): Mmedicinal, cultural, horticultural and phytochemical uses

   • Guy S. Richmond
   • Emilio L. Ghisalberti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 59

9. Tipo,minthostachys mollis (lamiaceae): an ecuadorian mint

   • Ben H. Alkire
   • Arthur O. Tucker
   • Michael J. Maciarello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 64

10. Handbook of African medicinal plants

    • Nigist Asfaw
    • Sebsebe Demissew

    Book review Pages: 64 - 64

11. Notes on the sweet basil and its wild relatives (lamiaceae)

    • Olof Ryding

    OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 67

12. The Pacaya Palm (Chamaedorea Tepejilote; Arecaceae)

    • Juan José Castillo Mont
    • Negli Rene Gallardo
    • Dennis V. Johnson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 75

13. The living earth book of North American trees

    • Thomas E. Hemmerly

    Book review Pages: 75 - 75

14. Pitaya (stenocereus spp., Cactaceae): An ancient and modern fruit crop of Mexico

    • Eulogio Pimienta-Barrios
    • Park S. Nobel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 83

15. Deserts: The encroaching wilderness. A world conservation atlas

    • Sebsebe Demissew

    Book review Pages: 83 - 83

16. Traditional production system of the root of jalapa, Ipomoea purga (convolvulaceae), in Central Veracruz, Mexico

    • Alberto Linajes
    • Victor Rico-Gray
    • Gloria Carrión

    OriginalPaper Pages: 84 - 89

17. Bark. The formation, characteristics, and uses of bark around the world

    • Daniel F. Austin

    Book review Pages: 89 - 89

18. Herbal remedies of the Batemi of Ngorongoro District, Tanzania: a quantitative appraisal

    • Timothy Johns
    • E. B. Mhoro
    • Ebi K. Kimanani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 90 - 95

19. An introduction to grasses

    • Daniel F. Austin

    Book review Pages: 95 - 95

20. Book reviews

    • Daniel F. Austin
    • Julia F. Morton
    • Pierre Dery

    BookReview Pages: 96 - 104

21. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 105 - 105

22. Natural products congress

    Report Pages: 105 - 105

23. Society for economic botany

    Report Pages: 106 - 107

24. Economic botany policies and manuscript requirements

    OriginalPaper Pages: 108 - 109