Books reviewed in this article: The Plant Plasma Membrane. Structure, Function and Molecular Biology by C. Larsson and I. M. Moller Photosynthetic Pigments of Algae. By K. S. Rowan Ginseng : a Concise Handbook. By James A. Duke Germination Physiology and Desert Ecology (Israel Journal of Botany, vol. 39, nos4-6, 291-518). Ed. by A. M. Mayer and G. Orsham Meiosis. By B. John Nitrogen Fixing Organisms. By J.I. Sprent and P. Sprent Introduction to Plant Disease Epidemiology. By C. L. Campbell and L. V. Madden British Woodland Produce By J. R. Aaron and E. G. Richards The Structural Biology of Palms. By P. B. Tomlinson The Carnivorous Plants. By B. E. Juniper, R. J. Robins and D. M. joel The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants. By A. Cronquist Atlas Florae Europaeae. Edited by J. Jalas and J. Suominen The Concise Flora of Singapore. By H. Keng Kew Index for 1988. Compiled by R. E. Davies and K.M. Lloyd Leçons de Palynologie et d'Analyse Pollinique. By Maurice Reille.