ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS. 



SIGNS. 



An annual Herb. 



A biennial Herb. 



A perennial Herb. 



An undershrub, deciduous. 



An undershrub, evergreen. 



A Shrub, deciduous. 



A Shrub, evergreen. 



A Tree, deciduous. 



A Tree, evergreen. 



An herbaceous Vine, (T) or @. 



A perennial Vine, u. 



Woody Vine, deciduous. 



"|p Woody Vine, evergreen. 

 L^, Trailing Herb, or . 

 L^ Trailing Herb, it. 

 ? An aquatic Plant. 

 $ Flowers perfect. 

 $ Flowers staminate. 

 $ Flowers pistillate. 

 8 Monoecious. 

 B ? Dioecious. 

 $ $ ? Polygamous. 

 Wanting, or none. 

 GO Numerous, or indefinite. 



A Plant introduced and naturalized ; \ 



t Plant cultivated for ornament ; >at the end of the description. 



$ Plant cultivated for use ; 



o= Cotyledons accumbent ; \ 



ol Cotyledons incumbent ; >used only in the Cruciferae. (Page 38.) 



c)) Cotyledons conduplicate ;) 



! (Note of exclamal ion), used technically, denotes certainty. 



? (Note of interrogation), implies doubt or uncertainty. 



f (with or without a period), a foot i 



' (a single acute accent), an inch V after a number. 



" (.a double accent), a line =1-12 of an inch.. ) 



AUTHORS' NAMES CITED IN THIS WORK. 



Adcais. 

 A. DC. 

 Ait. 



All. 



Anders. 



Arn. 



Aub. 



Bart. 



liarll. 



Beauv. 



Benth. 



Bern/I. 



Berl. 



Bois. 



Bark. 



Br. 



Bw. 



Cass. 



Cav. 



Cham. 



Darl. 



DC 



Desf. 



Dew. 



