THE 



BRITISH FLORA J^ 



IN TWO VOLUMES, 



■'"^•iS dl'lo-^ 



COMPRISING THE 



PH^NOGAMOUS, OR FLOWERING PLANTS, 



AND 



THE FERNS; 



\ / 



By sir WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, 



K.H. LL.D. F.R., A. & L.S. 



HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY; MEMBER OF THE 

 IMPERIAL ACADEMY C.5;SAR. LEOPOLD. NATUR.E CURIOSORUM, OF THE 

 IMPERIAL SOCIETY C^SAR. NATURAE CURIOSORUM OF MOSCOW ; OF THE 

 ROYAL ACADEMIES OF SWEDEN, PRUSSIA, LUND; OF THE ACACEMIES OF 

 PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON ; OF THE NAT. HIST. SOCIETY OF 

 MONTREAL, ETC. ETC. ETC., 



AND 



REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. 



THE FOURTH EDITION, 



WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS, AND NUMEROUS FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF 

 THE GRASSES AND UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS. 



" Call the vales, and bid them hither cast 



Their bells and flow'rets of a thousand hues." 



LONDON: 

 LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS. 



MDCCCXXXVIII. 



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