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Flora Philadelphia, by Barton. — 4. Flora Columbiana, 

 Dr. Brereton.^ — 5, Florula Louisvillensis, McMurtrle. — 6. 

 Florula Ludoviciana^ Rafinesque. — 7- Catalogue of Plants 

 about Plandome^ L. I.^ (vid. Medical Repositor/j) by 

 C. W. Eddy.— 8. Do. of the island of New York, Le- 

 conte. (Vid. Medical and Philosophical Register, Vol. 

 IL). — 9. Do. in the vicinity of New York, Torrey. — 10. 

 Do, of Cincinnatij Ohio^ Dr. Drake. — 11. Do. of Am- 

 herst, Mass., Professor Hitchcock.— 12. Do. of Berkshire 

 County, Mass., Professor Dewey. — 13. Do. of the State 

 of Massachusetts, Professor Hitchcock. — 14. Do. of Ken- 

 tucky, Professor Shortt. — 15- Do. of Newbern, N. C, 

 by Groom and Loomis. — 16. Do. of the vicinity of Yale 

 College; Prof. Ives, — 17. Do. of Charleston, S. C. and 

 vicinity, Rev. J, Bachrnan.- — 18. Do. of Columbia, S. C. 

 and vicinity, Mr. Gibbes. 



A first essay of this kind is almost necessarily incom- 

 plete, and that in proportion to the extent of the examin- 

 ation. The present is the result of a collection made in 

 little more than two seasons at intervals from other en* 

 gagementSp and much ground still remains unexamined. 

 Still it embraces over a thousand species, about two hun- 

 dred less than are reckoned as belonging to the state of 

 Massachusetts, more than half the number described in 

 Elliott's Botany of South Carolina and Georgia,* and 



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about a fourth of the phenogamous Flora of the United 

 States. It is confidently believed, that no section of the 

 Union, of equal extent, contains such a rich and extensive 



* Mr. Elliott's work is by no means a complete Flora of these two 

 Slates. He seems to have been dependent upon the contributions ot 

 a few scattered correspondents more than upon his own researches. 

 There are many plants in the neighborhood of Charleston not included 

 in the sketch, or referred to the middle and upper districts of country. 



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