The Bean Bag

A newsletter to promote communication among research scientists concerned with the systematics of the Leguminosae/Fabaceae

Number 42
November 1995

Bean Bag addresses:

Editorial: USDA, ARS, SB&ML, Rm. 304, Bldg. 011A, BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA
Distributional: Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, Great Britain

From the Editors

Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr., John H. Wiersema, and Roger M. Polhill

The Bean Bag (BB) is designed to promote communication among research scientists concerned with legume systematics. To achieve this goal the BB is issued in May and November of each year and features six columns:

From the Editors (this page),
News (meetings, major events, announcements, etc.),
Latin American Legume Report,
Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation (new nodulation records),
Gleanings, and
Recent Legume Literature.

Data in the Gleanings column are derived from questionnaire sheets which Readers complete and return. If you have news about legume systematics, send it to us for this column. The Recent Legume Literature column contains published research papers of specific interest to BB Readers. Recent is defined as one year old. We rarely will publish a citation that is more than one year old. Specific interest to BB Readers is defined as research papers of interest to a worldwide group of legume systematic botanists. We encourage BB Readers to send us notices, observations, etc.

Diacritical marks can now be placed in the BB. If such marks should be placed in your name, address, publications, etc., please let us know. We are especially interested in correcting our Directory.

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