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the late Mr Croome, who also made very interesting collec- 

 tions in Florida. From South Carolina and Georgia, the 

 late Mr Elliott, Major Le Conte, and the late Mr Lewis Le 

 Conte, Professor Gibbs, Dr Boykin, Dr H. Loomis, and Dr 

 Bacon supplied valuable materials ; while from Middle Flo- 

 rida, Dr A. W. Chapman, and Dr Alexander ; from south- 

 ern and eastern Florida, Dr Leavenworth, Dr Burrows, Dr 

 Hulse, Lieutenant Alden, and Dr John F. Baltzell from 

 Apalachicola, have sent very important communications. 

 The vegetation of Alabama has been made known by Dr 

 Gates, Dr Fletcher, and Dr Jervett. 



From Louisiana, the chief collections from the United 

 States' botanists have been from Dr Ingalls, Dr Riddell, Dr 

 Hall, and Professor Carpenter; from that state and from 

 Arkansas, and the borders of Texas, through Dr Leaven- 

 worth and Dr Pitcher. From Tennessee, Dr Currey has 

 sent interesting plants ; from Kentucky, Professor Short, Dr 

 Peter, the late Mr H. K. Eaton, and Mr Rafinesque. From 

 Illinois, (as also from Virginia and Alabama), Mr Berkeley 

 has communicated many plants; Dr Clapp from Indiana; 

 Mr T. G. Lea, Mr Sullivant, Mr Samples, and Dr Paddock 

 from Ohio ; while the vegetable productions of Michigan, 

 and from near the sources of the Mississippi, have been re- 

 ceived from Dr Houghton, Dr Wright, Major B. D. Dou- 

 glas, Dr Pitcher, and Dr Letham. To Dr Holmes, Mrs 

 Percival, Mr and Mrs Sheppard, and Mr M'Crae, tliey are 

 indebted for numerous plants of Canada; and, lastly, they 

 mention Dr Edwin James as the source from whence so 

 many of the plants of the Rocky Mountains have been derived. 



It is now time for us to notice somethino; of the contents 

 of the two Parts (III. and IV.) of the Flora in question. 

 The 3d part commences with the continuation of the Legu- 

 minosce, and with the greater portion of the Genus Desmo- 

 dium, which here extends to twenty-one species. Lespedeza 

 has six species, and we have the interesting remark, that the 

 fruit of the first section, Eulespedezn, is chiefly produced by 

 the apetalous flowers, which are small, and commonly escape 



