Excerpt from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, Vol. 2 of 3: From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and From the Atlantic Ocean Westward, to the 102d Meridian About 40 genera and 475 species, widely distributed, most abundant in warm regions. Anthers 2-celled; leaves alternate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.