This volume describes and illustrates the microscopic anatomy of the "aroids", the large, economically important plant family Araceae, and also the basal monocot family Acoraceae.

This volume treats the microscopic anatomy of vegetative organs of two mono-cotyledonous flowering plant families. Highlights of the vegetative anatomical literature are reviewed from about 1000 references included in the bibliography.

... richly illustrated ... Immensely useful lists of genera ... it has taken decades to complete this volume, but the delays have been fully compensated by rich rewards ... excellent.