BOTANY 



UNITED STATES NORTH OF VIRGINIA; 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING AND FERN-LIKE 

 PLANTS HITHERTO FOUND IN THOSE STATES, 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL SYSTEM. 



A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA ACCORDING TO THE LINN^AN SYSTEM, 



A SKETCH OF THE RUDIMENTS OF BOTANY, AND A 



GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



BY LEWIS Cf BECK, M.D. 



-PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN RUTGERS COLLEGE, 

 NEW JERSEY, ETC., ETC. 



SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



NEW YORK: 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. 



1888. 



