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Ribes , Coptis , JSemopanthes , Comarum , 
Caltha, &c. and an abundance of Mosses, Li- 
chens and Fungi, not however exceeding one 
half of the whole number The floral season of 
five months, from May to September. 
3. Alleghanian Region. This has for nu- 
cleus the Alleghany mountains of Pennsylva- 
nia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, &, c. called 
Apalachian south of Potomac and Wasioto 
or Cumberland to the West: this region winds 
all around East and West into the hilly or 
broken country. It is distinguished by the 
abundance of trees, oaks, radiate plants, fungi, 
grasses, leguminose, hypericines, with the pre- 
vailing genera Hicoria , Kalmia , Trillium , 
Azalea , Vitis, Rhododendron , Hydrangea , 
Heuchera , Lactuca , fSolidago , Rosa, Sf c . the 
Mosses and Lichens are yet abundant, but now 
form only a small proportion of the whole, while 
the F ungi are become about one third of the 
whole. It is remarkable that here -the trees 
and shrubs although yet of the same Genera as 
in Europe are nearly all unlike in species.— 
Floral season from April to October. 
4. Floridian Region . This begins in the 
North by a narrow belt in the marshy and san- 
dy Islands or Shores, pine woods and swamps 
of Long Island and New Jersey, widening 
gradually in the plains of Virginia, Carolina, 
Georgia, ascending the hills and south Apala- 
chian mountains which run west into Alaba- 
ma, occupying the whole of Florida, Alabama, 
&c. It blends in South Florida with the An- 
tillian flora of Bahama and Cuba, in the moun- 
tains with the Alleghanian flora, and west with 
the Louisianian, It is distinguished by Blag 
noli as and Pines, Palms and Yucas : the pecu- 
