(1995) 
XIII Remarks on fome tec ic] Feins ufed in Botany. ` 
By R, A, Salou, Efq, F.R, S. 8 L. S. 
Read Fuly 3, 1798. 
FTER the fcientific Obfervations of Profeffor Martyn on Botanic 
Language, publifhed in the firft volume of this Society’s Tranf- 
actions, and in anEnglith tranflation of the Termini Botanici of Linné, - 
. any thing further on the fame fubje& may feem unneceffary: but I 
am in the habit of ufing fome terms in a fenfe different from the Lin- 
nean definitions, and of excluding as well as introducing others, in 
my defcriptions of plants; and I wifh to learn how far the opinions 
of more experienced botanifts agree with my own. Should I be en- 
couraged, I may probably-in future ftudy this part of botany more 
ncn r I have | now to offer follows alphabetically. - | 
Abbreviatus.” "This tetm in Amen. Acad. is only mentioned under 
Perianthium, where an abbreviated perianthium is defined, not To 
long as the tube of the corolla. I recolle&t no inftance of its 
being ufed in defcriptions; fo that it is fcarcely worth retaining 
except for a fpecific name. Brevis fupplies its place, and admits 
of degrees of comparifon more readily. y 
Abrupte pinnatum folium. 1 confider every leaf which terminates 
without an odd foliolum, as abruptly pinnated. Linné excludes 
Cirrbus alfo, or any other part: buyi in that cafe, fuch a leaf 
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