Catalogue Of Canadian Plants Endogens

Author : John Macoun
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332051557
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Vol. 1 written by John Macoun and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Vol. 1: Endogens The first volume of this Catalogue of Canadian Plants consists of three parts separately published and bearing date 1883, 1884 and 1886 respectively. Part I. includes the Polypetalae, Part II. the Gamopetalae, Part III. the Apetalae and Gymnosperms. Part IV., now issued, is devoted to the Endogens, and forms the first portion of Volume II. of the Catalogue. Part V. will include the ferns and their allies with the mosses and liverworts, and it is intended in Part VI. to catalogue the lichens, fungi and seaweeds. Over 2,000 species of named cryptogamous plants, to be catalogued in Parts V. and VI., are now in the herbarium, and it is probable that the number will be raised to 2,500 before these parts are published, so that the entire work will enumerate about 5,500 species of plants (indigenous and introduced) found growing without cultivation within the limits of Canada. Since the publication of Part III. extensive collections have been made by James M. Macoun on the shores and islands of James Bay. Dr. G. M. Dawson has made valuable and interesting notes and collections in that part of the North-West Territories bordering on Alaska. The writer spent five months collecting on Vancouverlsland and gathered much valuable information regarding its flora. That part of this additional information which is applicable to the Endogens is included in the present issue. In accordance with the plan adopted at the commencement of the work, I have placed myself in communication with specialists in the various orders and have had their assistance in the determining and verifying of critical or new species. As on former occasions, Dr. Sereno Watson has rendered valuable assistance, especially in the Liliaceae and Juncaceae. In the Naiadaceae I have had very much help from Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., Croydon, England, and from Rev. Thomas Morong, Ashland, Mass. 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."