Asa Gray

A descriptive flora of 8,340 vascular plants arranged systematcally. For each species, gives description, habitat, range, and sometimes an illustration, with further specifics on varieties and forms. Aids to locating information on a particular plant include a synopsis of orders and families, and artificial analytical key to the families, and indexes to Latin and colloquial names. Includes a glossary and a table showing the numbers of genera, species, varieties, and forms of the families of plants.

This compendious treatise is designed to furnish classes in our schools and colleges with a suitable text-book of Structural and Physiological Botany, as well as private students with a convenient introductory manual, adapted to the present condition of the science.