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Enumeration of Plants 



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and many more, doubtless remain to be discovered, as 1 

 detected several at the last examination made there. 



Most of the species enumerated inhabit a circle around 

 this place of about two miles radius. A number collect- 

 ed at Smith ville, at the mouth of the river, are also in- 



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These 



are principally maritime species, and are found within ten 



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Several 



are furnished by Dr. McRee, from his plantation, at 

 Rocky Point, a few miles north of Wilmington, which 

 are marked R. P. in the catalogue, and rest entirely on 

 his authority. 



Wilmington is situated in latitude 34° 17', and longitude 

 78° 10', about thirty miles from the mouth of Cape Fear 

 river, on which it stands, and ten or twelve miles from the 

 sea. In an easterly direction. Its precise elevation above 

 the ocean I have not learned, but it is so small as to de- 

 serve little or no consideration in regard to botanical geoo-- 

 raphy. Indeed much of the low land in the vicinity is 



el of the ocean. The climate may 

 be pretty well determined from the following table of 

 temperature, made from observations taken in 1832. 



The thermometer was placed in the shade on the north 

 side of a house. Observations taken six times a day, from 



"' to 11 P. M. Fractions omitted. 



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Maximum. 



Minimum. 

 Medium. 

 Rainy Days. 



Jan. I Feh. | Mar. | A pr. | May UunelJuIy Aug.l^^ept.lUctTTiw Tn;:; 



'r2 I 75 I «U I 87 I 



46 I 55 I 5H 65 I I 77 _r7gf 79 | 75 | ^r^-r-TTQ 



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Hail 1. Snow 0. 

 Medium temnerati 





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