The Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série is separated into five sections. One paper is published per fascicule (except for year 1978 where papers have been grouped into bi-monthly fascicules). During these years, there is a double numerotation:
Global numerotation for all sections:
n°1 January-February 1971 (= Zoologie 1) to n°522 November-December 1978 (= Sciences physico-chimiques 19);
Numerotation within the section Botanique: n°1 May-June 1972 (= fascicule 45) to n°35 November-December 1978 (= fascicule 521).
Beginning: fasc. 1, 1972;
End: fasc. 35, 1978.
Issues are available at the address: http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/medias/doc/EXPLOITATION/IFD/I_IFD_REFDOC_03...
Each year, a supplement is published which details the works done in the laboratories and the Museum's acquisitions.
The Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 3ème série – Botanique follows the Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2ème série and becomes the Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section B – Botanique, Biologie et Écologie végétales, Phytochimie. It is completed by the Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série, supplément.
