Flowering Plants: Nightshades to Mistletoe

Foreword

FOREWORD This is the sixth volume in The Illustrated Flora of Illinois series devoted to dicotyledons, or dicot plants. Five volumes of monocotyledonous plants, or monocots, have been published previously, as well as single volumes on ferns and diatoms. The concept of The Illustrated Flora of Illinois is to produce a multivolumed flora of the plants of the state of Illinois that will include algae, fungi, mosses, liverworts, lichens, ferns, and seed plants. For each kind of plant known to occur without cultivation in Illinois, a complete description, illustrations showing diagnostic features, distribution maps, and ecological notes will be provided. Keys to aid in identification of the plants will be presented. An advisory board was created in 1964 to criticize, evaluate, and make suggestions for each volume ofThe Illustrated Flora of Illinois during its preparation. The board consists of botanists eminent in their area ofspecialty-Or. Constantine J. Alexopoulos, University of Texas (fungi); Dr. Gerald W Prescott, University of Montana (algae ); Dr. Aaron J. Sharp, University of Tennessee (mosses, liverworts , lichens); Dr. Robert F. Thorne, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden (flowering plants); and Dr. Rolla M. Tryon, Jr., The Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (ferns). In volumes of the series not written by me, I shall serve as editor . There is no definite sequence for publication of The Illustrated Flora of Illinois. Volumes will appear as they are completed. Southern Illinois University January 30, 1989 Robert H. Mohlenbrock THE ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF ILLINOIS FLOWERING PLANTS nig&tsbaJes to mist[etoe WISCONSIN IOWA INDIANA MISSOURI County Map of Illinois KENTUCKY ...