2 PREFACE. 



The Flora appended is the Flora of the Southwest. 

 As there has never been any report of consequence made 

 of the Flora of Texas, she has in many instances stated 

 where certain flowers are found in that young and 

 growing empire. But the Flora is equally applicable 

 and useful to the students of all the Gulf States — Ar- 

 kansas, Kansas, and Missouri — as the flowers described 

 are found there : also in Southern Illinois and Indiana. 



