BOTANY 



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(OF j h . 

 COLLEGE or 

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UNITED STATES NORTH OF VIRGINIA: 



COMPRISING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING AND FERN-LIKE 

 PLANTS HITHERTO FOUND IN THOSE STATES, 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL SYSTEM. 



WITH 



A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA ACCORDING TO THE LINN2BAN SYSTEM, . 

 A SKETCH OF THE RUDIMENTS OF BOTANY, AND A 

 GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



BY LEWIS C. BECK, M.D. 



TROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN RUTOERS COLLEGE, 

 N NEW JKR8KY, ETC., ETC. 



SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



NEW YORK: 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. 



1856. 



