THE 



CHARACE^E OF AMERICA 



PART I. 



CONTAINING THE 



INTRODUCTION, MORPHOLOGY 



AND 



CLASSIFICATION 



BY 



TIMOTHY FIELD ALLEN, M.D., LLD. 



FELLOW OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE 



BUFFALO ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, OF THE PORTLAND 



SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, ETC. 



WITH FIFTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS 



NEW YORK 

 No. 10 EAST 36 STREET 



