FLORULA LU DO VIC I AN A; 
OR, 
FLORA 
OF THE 
STATE OF LOUISIANA. 
PREAMBLE. 
Mr. C. C. Robin published in Paris, in 1807, m 
3 vols. 8vo. and in French, his Travels in Louisiana, 
West Florida, and the West Indies, performed be¬ 
tween 1802 and 1806. At the end of the third and 
last volume, from page 311 to 525, he has inserted 
his Flore Louisianaise , or Descriptions of the Plants 
observed in Louisiana, classed according to the me¬ 
thod of Jussieu. In perusing this Flora, I was as¬ 
tonished to find, among many blunders in nomenclature 
and classification, several accurate descriptions and 
valuable additions to the knowledge of plants, their 
geography, utility, and natural history. Having, 
therefore, compared with attention all his descriptions 
with the Floras of North America of Michaux and 
Pursh, I became convinced that a great number of 
new genera and species, unknown to those authors, 
were described by Robin. Pursh, having published 
his Flora in 1814, might have availed himself of this 
