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of any sort. The specific characters have been 

 taken from authors with as much fidelity as was 

 consistent with translation, except where these 

 characters were found to be obviously imperfect. 

 In a few instances characters of superfluous length 

 have been abridged, fabr.J and sometimes the 

 terms have been changed for more convenient ones 

 of the same import, (m. t.J Occasionally also the 

 character has been taken from a synonym, and 

 marked accordingly, (sub syn.J 



In some instances it appears probable, and even 

 evident, that different plants have been intended by 

 different authors under the same name. In these 

 cases I have preferred, for the present, not to 

 change the name, but to give it on the authority of 

 that author who has described the plant intended in 

 this work. 



The principal synonyms of recent botanists 

 have been given. To each specific character has 

 been added a more full description of the plant ta- 

 ken from actual specimens, together with the place 

 f growth, time of flowering and duration, and oc- 

 casional remarks on the properties and uses of par- 

 ticular species, collected from authors, or derived 

 from personal observation. 



The present work does not profess to contain a 

 complete collection of the plants of this section of 

 the country. Such an undertaking, neither my 

 present leisure and opportunities, nor the time al-- 

 lotted for this publication, would permit. I may 



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