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ARTl CLE III. 



Catalorrue of Phcenogamous Plants and Ferns, native or 

 naturalized, growing in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. 

 By William E. A. Aikin, M. D. 



[Read before the Academy, March 16, 1837.] 



The following catalogue is offered as the beginning of one, which, when com-" 

 plete, will exhibit a sketch of the Flora of Maryland. It has been compiled from 

 notes taken during the herborizing seasons of 1834 and 1835, in Frederick county, 

 and during the season of 1836, in this vicinity. In addition to my own observa- 

 tions. Prof. E. Geddings and Prof. J. T. Ducatel have kindly communicated 

 several species that had escaped my research in this neighbourhood. As it was 

 desirable to make the catalogue an authentic one, nothing has been introduced 

 that has not been seen by one of us, and consequently many omissions remain to 

 be supplied by future explorations. The low grounds of the Eastern Shore and the 

 mountain ridges of Allegany county, each rich in its peculiar vegetation, have 

 been scarcely examined by the botanist, and their contributions when added will, 

 I am persuaded, swell this catalogue to nearly twice its present length. As 

 there appears to be a strange discrepancy among botanical writers as to the 

 authorities for species, it should perhaps be mentioned that the European au- 

 thors quoted are those given by Kurt. Spremgel, in his sixteenth edition of the 

 Systema Vegetabilium Linnaei ; while for American authorities, I have followed 



TOKRET. 



Baltimore, March, 1837. 



ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS' NAMES. 



Ait. Aiton. 

 Bar. Bartram. 

 Bk. L. C. Beck. 

 Br. Rob. Brown. 

 Bw. Bigelow. 

 Gates. Catesby. 

 Cav. Cavanilles. 

 Dec. De Candolle. 

 Des. Desfontaines. 

 Ehr. Ehrhart. 

 Ell. Elliott. 

 Gaert. Gaertner. 

 Gmel. Gmelin. 

 Hd. Hudson. 

 Hk. Hooker. 

 Hofim. Hoffman. 



Jacq. Jacquin. 



Lamb. Lambert. 



L'H. L'Heritier. 



Lind. Lindley. 



Linn. Linnaeus. 



Moen. Moenchausen. 



Muhl. Muhlenburg. 



Murr. Murray. 



Mx. Michaux. 



N. Nuttall. 



P. Persoon. 



P. de B. Palisotde Beauv. 



Ph. Pursh. 



Poir. Poiret. 



Raf. Rafinesque. 



Roem. Roemer & Schultes 



S. Sir J. E. Smith. 

 Sal. Salisbury. 

 Scop. Scopoli. 

 Sh. Schkuhr. 

 Sibth. Sibthorp. 

 Sp. Sprengel. 

 Sr. Schreber. 

 Sw. Swartz. 

 Sz. Schweinitz. 

 Tor. Torrey. 

 Trin. Trinnius. 

 "Vent. Ventenat. 

 Willd. Willdenovr. 

 With. Withering. 

 Wm. Wangenheim. 

 .Wr. Walter. 



CHARACTERS. 



w. White, r. Red. h. Blue. y. Yellow, g. Green, p. Purple. 

 © Annual. % Biennial. % Perennial. \i Woody, i. inches, ft. 

 feet. 



