Because of the parallel treatments, comparisons or meta-analyses can be pursued efficiently. Lists of diagnostic characters are given near the end of the volume. Approximately 750 references are combined in a common bibliography and are current to the year of publication. This volume represents a good balance of primary and summarized anatomical data and systematic synthesis. A reading of the extensive taxonomic notes shows them to be informative and thoroughly considered.
Scholarship is of the highest order.
Students of dicot evolution should find in this work a rich source of data and Cutler and Gregory should be commended for producing it. The staff and the resources at the laboratory are well organized for accomplishing this task. The Plant Vacuole. Roger A. Leigh and Dale Sanders, eds., 1997. Advances in Botanical Research, vol.