Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one hundredth meridian

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Preface To The First Edition

The object of this Flora is to present descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally within the southeastern United States as limited by the northern boundaries of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, and the one hundredth Meridian, together with the known geographical distribution of each species. The usual flowering-period is given after the geographical distribution, except in cases where plants bloom throughout the year.

The arrangement of the higher plant-groups is essentially that of Engler and Prantl in their Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien, except where modifications of the sequence there adopted have seemed to be desirable.

Analytical keys formed by the contrasting of diagnostic characters precede the descriptions of the families, genera and species, while a general key to the orders precedes the main body of the Flora.

The collections on which the work is based are mainly at the New York Botanical Garden. The manuscript of several groups has been prepared elsewhere by specialists, as indicated in the text.

To the custodians of the larger herbaria of the country, I wish to express my. thanks for opportunities afforded for the examination of specimens desirable for study, during the prosecution of my investigation. I also take pleasure in acknowledging important assistance by my associates, Dr. N. L. Britton, Prof. L. M. Underwood, Dr. P. A. Rydberg, Mr. G. V. Nash, Dr. J. H. Barnhart, and Mr. R. M. Harper; by Mr. C. D. Beadle, Director of the Biltmore Herbarium and his associates; by Prof. W. L. Bray, of the University of Texas, Mr. A. M. Huger of North Carolina, Mr. A. Cuthbert of Georgia and Prof. S. W. Stanfield of Texas.

J. K. Small.

The New York Botanical Garden,

Preface To The Second Edition

The collecting of plants in the southeastern United States generally, and the botanical exploration of little-known parts of the region, during the past nine years, have brought to notice many species not described in the first edition of this book. These additional species are described in the present volume. In making this edition, signatures one, two, three, twenty, twenty-one, thirty-two, fifty-one, and fifty-two have been rewritten. Pages 481, 482, 495, and 496 of signature thirty-one, pages 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, and 668 of signature forty-two, and pages 785, 786, 799, and 800 of signature fifty have also been rewritten. The recently discovered species not included in the rewritten signatures and pages will be found in an appendix, where their relationships and distinctive characters are indicated, beginning in signature eighty-three. The first edition of this work was issued on July 22, 1903.

J. K. Small.

The New York Botanical Garden,

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