TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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 Outline Map of the Peninsula Frontispiece 



Introduction ix 



Phy togeographic Regions or Provinces ix 



The Piedmont Plateau x 



The Coastal Plain xi 



Transition Zone xiii 



Early and Later Collectors of Peninsula Plants xiv 



Early Botanical Societies in Wilmington xv 



Later Wilmington Botanists xvii 



The Annotated List xix 



The Card Catalog xx 



Distribution of Plant Species on the Peninsula xxi 



Nomenclature and Arrangement xxi 



Acknowledgments xxii 



Symbols and Abbreviations xxiii 



Collectors Cited in the Text xxiv 



Annotated List of Ferns and Flowering Plants 1 



Synopsis of Orders, Families and Genera 285 



Bibliography 289 



Index of Scientific and Common Names of Plants 291 



