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Bibliographical Index to North American Botany; or Citations of Authorities for all the recorded Indigenous and Naturalized Species of the Flora of North America with A Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy, Part I: Polypetalae (all published)

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Bibliographical Index to North American Botany; or Citations of Authorities for all the recorded Indigenous and Naturalized Species of the Flora of North America with A Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy, Part I: Polypetalae (all published)

by Watson, Sereno

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Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1878. First edition. Small paper repair to one outer corner of the title page, both the cloth binding and the text are bright, clean and unused; a near fine copy.. Pp. vi, 476, (index). Later blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt panel lines, lg 8vo. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, no. 258. This is the complete work; no other parts were ever published. This is a detailed taxonomic guide to all groups within the Polypetalae.

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Title
Bibliographical Index to North American Botany; or Citations of Authorities for all the recorded Indigenous and Naturalized Species of the Flora of North America with A Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy, Part I: Polypetalae (all published)
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Watson, Sereno
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Small paper repair to one outer corner of the title page, both the cloth binding and the text are bright, clean and unused; a ne
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Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1878. First edition
Keywords
Botany flora natural history reference works plants flowers North America Polypetalae plant identification buttercup
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