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AN 



ILLUSTRATED FLORA 



OF THE 



NORTHERN UNITED STATES, CANADA 

 v AND THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS 



ENIT fep 



FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO THE PARALLEL OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF 



VIRGINIA, AND FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WESTWARD 



TO THE 102 D MERIDIAN 



BY 



NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON, PH.D., Sc.D., LL.D. 



DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE NEW VORK BOTANICAL GARDEN; PROFESSOR IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



AND 



HON. ADDISON BROWN, A.B., LL.D. 



PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



THE DESCRIPTIVE TEXT 



CHIEFLY PREPARED BY PROFESSOR BRITTON, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SPECIALISTS IN 

 SEVERAL GROUPS; THE FIGURES ALSO DRAWN UNDER HIS SUPERVISION 



SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED 



IN THREE VOLUMES 



VOL. I. 



OPHIOGLOSSACEAE TO POLYGONACEAE 



FERNS TO BUCKWHEAT 



NEW YORK 

 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



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