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258. 1898. (Reprinted from Jour. Arner. Folk-Lore v. 5-7, 9-10. 1892-1894, 

 1896-1898.) 



Lists of vernacular names, with localities where used, systematically arranged ; 

 mostly from northeastern United States, some from Southern and Western 

 States. 



Brendel, Frederick. Historical sketch of the science of botany in North 

 America from 1635 to 1840 [and to 1858]. Amer. Nat. 13: 754-771. 1879 ; 14: 25- 

 3S. 1880. (Reprinted, 31 p.— Additions . . . 1. c. 14: 443. 18S0.) 



Sketch of early collectors and botanists (in region north of Mexico). 



Britton, N. L. A list of State and local floras of the United States and British 

 America. Annals New York Acad. Sci. 5: 237-300. 1890. (Reprinted as Con- 

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List of 791 floras and floristic papers, geographically arranged. 



and Shaf er, J. A. North American trees ; being descriptions and illus- 

 trations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, 

 north of Mexico and the West Indies, x, 894 p. 781 fig. 26 cm. New York, 

 1908. 



Full descriptions of all species growing without cultivation in the United 

 States and Canada ; illustration of each species. 



Bruhin, % A. Prodromus florae adventicae boreali-americanae. Vorlaufer 

 einer flora der in Nordamerika eingewanderten freiwachsenden oder im grossen 

 cultivirten pflanzen. Verhandl. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien 35: 387-450. 1886. 



Annotated systematic list of 623 escaped or cultivated introduced species, with 

 localities and native habitat. 



Carter, J. M. G. A synopsis of the medical botany of the United States, x. 

 176 p. 23.5 cm. St. Louis, 1888. 



Bibliography ; compiled systematic list, with medicinal properties and dosage ; 

 indices. 



Gray, Asa. Synoptical flora of North America . . . Continued and ed. bv 

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 97; v. 1, pt. 2, 1884; v. 2, pt. 1, 1878). 



Descriptive flora, with synoptical keys to genera and partial keys to species, of 

 the flowering plants of the North American continent north of the Mexican 

 border, including Greenland. Incomplete : v. 1, pt. 1, Ranunculaceae — Polygala- 

 ceae; v. 1, pt. 2, Caprifoliaceae — Compositae; v. 2, pt. 1, Goodeniaceae — Planta- 

 ginaceae. A supplement to v. 1, pt. 2, issued in 1886, containing additions (in- 

 cluding new species), corrections, and index consists of p. 445-480, and is to be 

 carefully distinguished from the same pages of the first edition. There are 

 other irregularities in paging in reissues. Vol. 1, pt. 2 and v. 2, pt. 1, containing 

 all the Gamopetalae, were reissued in 1886 by the Smithsonian Institution. 



Heller, A. A. Catalogue of North American plants north of Mexico, exclusive 

 of the lower crvptogams. 2d ed. 8 p., 9-236 numb. 1., 237-252 p. 23 cm. 

 [n. p.,] 1900. (1st ed., 1898.) 



Systematic name-list of 16,673 species and varieties of vascular plants (14.534 

 in ed. 1). A third edition, issued 1912-14, was never completed (p. 13-276). It 

 covers Ophioglossum to Uva-ursi (Arctostaphylos) part, and reaches no. 15319. 



Henkel. Alice. Wild medicinal plants of the United States. Bui. Bur. Plant 

 Ind. U. S. Dept. Agr. no. 89. 76 p. 1906. 



Briefly annotated alphabetical list of botanical and vernacular names of 

 medicinal plants of commercial value, compiled from trade lists of drug dealers. — 

 See also her Weeds used in medicine. Farmers' Bui. U. S. Dept. Agr. no. 18S. 

 1904 ; American root drugs. Bui. Bur. Plant Ind. U. S. Dept. Agr. no. 107. 1907 ; 

 American medicinal barks. 1. c. no. 139. 1909 ; American medicinal leaves and 

 herbs, 1. c. no. 219. 1911 ; American medicinal flowers, fruits, and seeds. Bui. 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. no. 26. 1913. — The material in all these publications, with some 

 omissions and additions, is summarized and condensed in Sievers, A. F. Ameri- 

 can medicinal plants of commercial importance. Misc. Pub. U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 no. 77. 74 p. 128 fig. 1930. 



Johnson, Laurence. A manual of the medical botany of North America, xi, 

 292 p. 160 fig., 9 col. pi. 23.5 cm. New York, 1884. 



Systematically arranged account ; descriptions, habitat, part used, constituents, 

 preparation, medical properties, and uses. Covers the United States (mainly 

 eastern) and Canada only, 



