To His Excellency, Jonathan Wobth, 



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But: The following Catalogue of the Hani- of North Carolina 

 ■ alluded lo in the letter of ProC Emmons to Gov. Ellis, printed 

 in (lif introductory portion of my Reporl on the Woody Plants ol 

 the Btate, which thi.^ was intended to accompanv. The printing of 

 it at thai time was, however, prevented by more important matters 

 of national interest that were then occupying the public mind It 

 gives me pleasure now i<> submit tin- Report to your consideration, 

 not only because I desire to Becure a permanent record of observa 

 tiuns and discoveries made through a period of about twenty five 

 years, but on account of the interest it should have among Scien- 

 tists as determining the localities and range of our vegetation, and 

 as being much the mosl extensive local list of Plants e\ . r published 

 in North America. 



The extent of this list i> uot «lne to the greater amount of our 

 tation, though there are very few States that contain a great » r 

 number or richer variety of species, but to the fact that mora atten- 

 tion lias been given in this State than elsewhere to the investigation 

 of the lower Orders, or Flowerless Plants, ami especially of the 

 Fungi. The accomplished Or. Bchweinitz, while a resident at 

 Salem, paid great attention to these obscure forma, ami was the 

 pioneer of Cryptogamic Botany in America. It will he Been, in 

 the frequent reference to his name in my li.-t of these Plants, how 

 much we are indebted to him for a knowledge of these species, 

 many of which have not been detected by others. 



But large as is the following list, comprising over forty-eight hun- 

 dred species, it is not offered as a complete enumeration of all the 

 plants growing in the State. It is only a record of what have been 

 thus far discovered. Of our Flowering Plants probably very few 

 have escaped notice; but of the Flowerless kinds doubtless many 

 more remain to reward the researches of future observers. We may 

 confidently assume that the actual number of Plants indigenous to 

 North Carolina exceeds five thousand species. 



Hoping this contribution to a knowledge i^' the Natural History 

 of our State will prove acceptable t«» yourself and the public 

 generally, I remain 



Yours, very respectfully, 



M. A. CUBITS. 



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