Volume 139: Nicolson, Dan H. and F. Raymond Fosberg: The Forsters and the Botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772 - 1775). 2004. 758 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. (ISBN 978-3-906166-02-5/ ISSN 0080-0694)

Contents: Preface (on roles of authors)/ BACKGROUND: The Three CookExpeditions/ False Accusations & Rehabilitation of the Forsters/Biographical Sketch of the Forsters (The Prussian and Russian Years(1640 - 1766)/ England (late 1766 - 1772)/ The Voyage (1772 - 1775)/George's Post - Voyage years in England (1775 - 1778)/ Goerge andthe Kassel Years (1778 - 1784)/ George and the Vilna Years (1784 - 1787)/ George and the Mainz Years to the end (1788 - 1794)/ Johann ReinholdForster's end (1798)/ Epilogue/ J. R. Forster's family/ The'Resolution's ' itinerary of 2nd Cook Expedition/ Geography, problemlocalities, place names)/ MATERIALS (Plant Specimens/ Neotropical"ringers" / Numbered sets/ Forster artwork/ Institutions with Forstermaterials/ Literature surveyed/ Notes on mixed materials/ ForsterEuropean and Cape of Good Hope Collections/ Handwriting)/ METHODS(Families & Higher Nomenclature/ Species Layout: 1)Nomenclature,including authorship of Forster texts, 2)Range, 3) Forster Paris mss,4)Forster texts, 5) Cook 2nd Voyage materials, 6) Typification,7) Remarks)/ Acknowledgement/ Bibliographic notes/ Bibliography.-The authors used for the purpose of this work the families as definedfor 'Names in Current Use by Greuter et al. (1993), except thedescriptive names, e.g. Cruciferae, Palmae, Umbelliferae, were replacedby their counterparts based on generic names, e.g. Brassicaceae,Arecaceae, Apiaceae. The families are arranged alphabetically withinthe larger groups such as Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophyts, monocots,and dicots. The primary goal is to communicate where Forster specimenshave actually been seen and studied or otherwise documented. Simultaneously it has been attempted to determine the currentlyaccepted name and its commonly met synonyms, and to document some ofthe usage of the names. For each species there can be 6 parts:(1) nomenclature, (2) range, (3) original Forster mss, (4) publishedForster texts, (5) known Cook 2nd Voyage materials, (6) typification,(7) remarks.