Flowering Plants: Smartweeds to Hazelnuts

Preface

P R E F A C E xv Several volumes in The Illustrated Flora of Illinois series will be devoted to dicotyledonous flowering plants; this volume is the fifth one. It follows publication of one on ferns, five on monocotyledonous plants, and four previous volumes on dicots. The concept of The Illustrated Flora of Illinois is to produce a multivolumed flora of the plants of the state of Illinois which will include algae, fungi, mosses, liverworts, lichens, ferns, and seed plants. For each kind of plant known to occur 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 of The Illustrated Flora during its preparation. The board consists ofbotanists eminent in their area of specialty-Dr. 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). To date, I have been the author of each volume that has been prepared. In this volume, I have been joined by my fonner student, Dr. Paul M.. Thomson, Jr., Director, Blue Springs Campus, Metropolitan Community Colleges, Kansas City, Missouri, who has contributed the Fagaceae as well as Platanus, Ostrya, Carpinus, and CoryIus . In subsequent volumes that are not written by me, I will serve as editor. There is no definite sequence for publication of The Illustrated Flora of Illinois. Volumes will appear as they are completed. The Illustrated Flora of Illinois FLOWERING PLANTS smart-weeds to &aze[nuts ...