ABBREVIATIONS. 



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Masc. Male plant, flower, &c. 



Mill, or mm. Millimetre. 



Mss. Manuscripts. 



Mus. Museum. 



jV. or No. Number. 



Nat. Natural. 



Xttm. Nomen, name. 



Obs. Observation. 



Ord. Order. 



Oo. Ovary. 



/>. Page, or sometimes Part. 



Ped. Peduncle or Pedicel, or 



Pedalis, a foot long or high. 

 Peric. Pericarp. 

 Perig. Perigonium. 

 Pet. Petal or Petiole. 

 Plst. Pistil. 

 Plac. Placenta. 

 Poll. Pollicaris, an inch long. 

 p. p. Pro parte, in part. 

 Prodr. or Prod. Prodromus. 

 Rad. Radix, root ; or Radical. 

 Ram. Ramus, branch. 

 s. Seu, or Sive, Latin for or. 

 Sect. Section. 

 Segm. Segment. 

 Sem. Semen, seed. 



for 



Sep. Sepal. 



Her. Series. 



Sice. Siccatus or Siccus, dried or dry. 



Spec, or Sp. Species, or specimen. 



Spont. Spontaneous. 



Stum. Stamen or is laminate. 



Sup. Superior. 



Si/n. Synonym or Synopsis. 



T. or Tab. Tabula, plate. 



T. Tom us, volume. 



V. Volume: sometimes for Vel, or; 

 sometimes Vide, see. 



Var. Variety. 



Veg. Vegetation, characters of 



Vern. Vernal. 



v. s. Visa sicca, or Vidi siccam. 



v. v. Visa viva, or Vidi vivam ; the 

 first indicating that a dried speci- 

 men of the plant, the second that 

 the living plant has been exam- 

 ined. 



v. s. c. and v. s. s., indicates that 

 the dried specimen was cultivated 

 (c) or spontaneous (s). 



v. v. c. and v. v. s., that the living 

 plant seen was cultivated (c) or 

 spontaneous (s). 



SIGNS. 



1. SIGNS USED BY LINNAEUS. 



An annual plant. 



$ A biennial. 



11 A perennial, 



b A tree or shrub. 



* Affixed to a reference, means that a good description will be found there, 



f Indicates an obscure or doubtful species. 



2. SIGNS USED BY DECANDOLLE AND LATER 



WRITERS. 



A monocarpic plant, i. e. which dies after once flowering and fruiting, 



either annual or biennial, or of longer duration. 

 W Annual. 

 (?) Biennial. 

 () Monocarpic perennial, such as Agave. 



