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Ribes, Coptis, ISemopanthes, Comarum, 

 Caltha, &DC. and an abundance of Mosses, Li- 

 ^*^f"s and Fungi, not however exceeding one 

 half of the whole number The floral season of 

 five months, from May to September. 



3. Alleghanian Region. This hasj for nu- 

 cleus the Alleghany mountains of Pennsylva- 

 nia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, &.c. called 

 Apalachian south of Potomac and Wasioto 

 or Cumberland to the West : this region winds 

 all around East and West into the hilly or 

 broken country. It is distinguished by the 

 abundance of trees, oaks, radiate plants, fungi, 

 grasses, leguminose, hypericines, with the pre- 

 vailing genera Hicoria, Kalmia, Trillium, 

 Azalea, Vitis, Rhododendron, Hydrangea, 

 Heuchera, Lactuca, SoUdago, Rosa, <^-c. the 

 Mosses and Lichens are yet abandant,but now 

 form only a small proportion of the whole, while 

 the Fungi are become about one third of the 

 whole. It is remarkable that here the trees 

 and shrubs although yet of the same Genera as 

 in Europe are nearly all unlike in species. — 

 Floral season from April to October. 



4, Floridian Region. This begins in the 

 North by a narrow belt in the marshy and san- 

 dy Islands or Shores, pine woods and swamps 

 of Long Island and New Jersey, widening 

 gradually in the plains of Virginia, Carolina, 

 Georgia, ascending the hills and south Apala- 

 chian mountains which run west into Alaba- 

 ma, occupying the whole of Florida, Alabama, 

 &c. It blends in South Florida with the An- 

 tillian flora of Bahama and Cuba, in the moun- 

 tains with the Alleghanian flora, and w est with 

 the Louisianian, It is distinguished by Mag 

 nolias and Pines, Palms and Vucos ■ the pecu- 



