SUMMARY. 



In the foregoing lists there have been enumerated from the mater- 

 ial in this herbarium 1 ] 18 species and varieties of P/ianeroga/ns [Sperm- 

 matcphytes), representing 393 genera. Omitting duplicates from the hsts 

 of plants reported by others there are enumerated 177 more, making a 

 total of 1295 thus far reported from this state. This number, undoubt- 

 edly, does not do justice to all the work that has been done in the state 

 and falls far short of the number that may be expected when it shall 

 have been thoroughly worked. The northeast and southwest floras are 

 quite distinct from each other and from those portions ol the state which 

 have been the most carefully examined. These are yet to be secured. 



By way of comparison it may be stated that the following are 

 among the best worked states and the number of species and varieties of 

 PhanerogciDis reported are for Nebraska about 1460, and for West Vir- 

 ginia 1309. 



Concerning the Cryptogams it may be said that they represent 

 largely an unexplored field. Only 65 species are enumerated in this list, 

 making tlie total number from this collection 1176 and for the state 

 according to this list 1360. This does not include the Mosses and 

 Lichens of the Hayden report, and possibly other collections may have 

 been omitted. 



Duplicates of a large part of the plants enumerated from this collec- 

 tion will be found in the herbaria of Harvard University, Columbia 

 University, Shaw Botanic Garden, National Herbarium, the Vanderbilt 

 collections at Biltmore, N. C, University of Minnesota, Cornell Univer- 

 sity, and Prof. E. L. Greene's Herbarium. 



