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opmcnt in point of abundance to the west. These species have 

 no special significance m the consideration of the origin of our 

 flora, and might, perhaps, all be included in one or the other of 

 the two divisions first considered/' 



The herbarium illustrating the work has become State prop- 

 erty and comprises '* over five thousand mounted sheets, bearing 

 ten thousand or twelve thousand specimens." 



The list of the Anthophyta (Phanerogams) occupies two 

 hundred and seventy pages ar»d comprises 1,919 species and va- 



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rieties, 13 being Gymnosperms, 1,348 Dicotyledons, and 558 

 Monocotyledons. The Gymnosperms stand next preceding, in 

 order, to the Pteridophyta. The largest natural orders of the 

 Anthophyta are, Composite^ with 223 species, varieties and forms, 

 Cypcraccic 182, Graminca^ 164, Teguminosa^ ^6, Rosacea^ y^f 

 Labiat;e 66 and Scrophularine^e 48. Orchidea^ and I.ihicea^ have 

 each 45 representatives. Of true ferns there are 47, and of other 

 Pteridophyta — including Ophioglossaceaj — 29. Of Bryophyta 



there are 461. Of these the Sphagna, elaborated by Mr. R. A. 

 Rau, number 42 ; the Musci, by Mr. Rau and Mrs. l^ritton, on 

 the basis of the list in the Preliminary Flora by Mr. C. F. Par- 

 ker, 312 ; the Hepaticaj by Mr. Rau, on the same basis, 96, and 

 tl)c Ch'araceie by Dr. T. V. Allen, 17. There are 3, 021 Thallo- 

 phyta distributed as follows: 329 lichens, from MS. by C. F. Aus- 

 tin, revised by Dr. J. W. Eckfeldt ; 987 Algcne, the maruie by Mr. 

 Isaac C. Martindale and the fresh- water by the Rev. Francis 



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Wolle, combined by the author into a single series, and the Fun- 

 gi, by Mr. J. B. Ellis and Mr. W. R. Gerard, to tlie number of 

 1,705. The fresh- water and marine forms of the Protophyta are, 

 like the Alg^e, divided between Messrs. Wolle and Martindale and 

 number 164. namely, Cyanophyceae 1 11, Chlorophylle;e 34, 

 Achlorophyllcae 19. 



The total number of species, varieties and forms of the en- 

 tire catalogue is therefore 5,641, and elaborate tables are append- 

 ed showing their distribution among the different groups. There 

 is an ample list of abbreviations and a thoroughly perfect index, 

 the synonyms being in italics. 



The following statement, which appears on page 29, will be 

 heartily endorsed by every one: ** I have been fortunate in se- 



