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Scope and Contents The focus of Maguire's botanical career was the tropical flora of the Guayana Highland, an area he returned to many times. He was known to be a focused and meticulous field botanist who amassed a large and excellent collection numbering over 65, 000 specimens. At the time of his death in 1991, The Botany of the Guayana Highland was a series of thirteen volumes ranging in date from 1953-1989. Spear-headed by Maguire and published with many celebrated...