General introduction to the southeastern half of Venezuela that encompasses the flora area, with chapters on geography, history of botanical exploration, vegetation types, endemism, and conservation. Keys to the families of seed plants are also provided. Included are two large fold-out maps, one vegetation and one topographical map of Venezuelan Guayana (scale 1 : 2,000,000). These fold out to respectively 88 × 62 cm (W × H, vegetation map) and 80 × 62 cm (W × H, topographical map).