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Alabama witliiu recent years which were supposed formerly 

 to be confined to other sections of the country. 



For these and other equally important reasons this pub- 

 lication is issued with the confident belief that it will be 

 gladly welcomed by the students of Botany. 



This work will be printed in Parts, each of which will be 

 issued only when the material on hand will warrant the pub- 

 lication. Whenever new material is secured after the print- 

 ing of the part a supplement will be prepared in such form 

 as to render it comparatively easy to attach it as an appen- 

 dix. These Parts may not be published in consecutive 

 order, but this will be of no material disadvantage since the 

 entire work, when completed, may be bound in one volume 

 and the orders will then follow each other in accordance 

 with Botanic sequence. 



A study of the orders has convinced the author that the 

 most convenient grouping is as follows : 



Part I. E.anunculacea3, Magnoliaceae, Anonacea3,Menis- 

 permaceoe, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceai, Sarraceniaceae, 

 Papaveraceao, Fumariacese. 



Comprising 9 orders and 41 genera. 



Part II. Crucifer8e,Capparidace8e, Besedacese, Cistacese, 

 Violaceae. 



Comprising 5 orders and 27 genera. 



Part III. Caryophyllaceae, Portulacaceae, Clusiaceae, 

 Elatinacete, Hypericacese, Ternstraemiaceie, (Camelliaceao), 

 Malvaceae, TiliaceaB, Byttneriaceae, Linaceae, 



Comprising 10 orders and 47 genera. 



Part IV. Olecaceae, Aurantiaceae, Cedrelaceae, Gerani- 

 aceae, (Oxalidaceae and Balsaminaceae), Zygophyllaceae, 

 Rutaceae, Simarubaceae, Burseraceae, Ilicineae (Aquifoliaceae) 

 Celastraceae, Rhamnaceae, Vitaceae, Sapindaceae, (Aceraceae 

 and Staphyleaceae) Anacardiaceae, Polygalaceae, Kramer- 



Comprising 16 orders and 43 genera. 



