ABBREVIATIONS, ETC. 



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5 A perfect flower, or a plant bearing perfect flowers. 



8 Mona?cioua, or ii plant with staininate and pistillate flowers. 



2d Dia'cious; staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants. 



V $ d" Polygamous ; the same species with staminate, pistillate, and perfect flowers. 



Wanting or none. 



00 Inik'liiiite, or numerous. 



0=: Cotyledons accumbent. ) 



II Cotyledons incumbent. [ Used only in the Cruciferee. 



0>> Cotyledons conduplicatc. ) 



§ A naturalized plant. 



t A plant cultivated for ornament. 



j A plant cultivated for use. This, with the two last, are placed at the end of a 

 description. In other situations they have their usual signification a.s marks of 

 division or reference. In measure of 'length, or other dimensions, the following signs 

 are adopted in this work : — 



f (without the period) A foot. 



' (a single accent) An inch. 



" (a double accent) A line (one twelfth of ')• 



! The note of exclamation, now common in botanical works, is used in contrariety 

 to the note of interrogation (?). It denotes, in general, certauUyfrom personal obser- 

 vation. Affixed to a locality, it denotes that the writer has examined specimens 

 either in or from that place.* Affixed to the name of an individual, it denotes that 

 the AVTiter has examined specimens supplied by him. In this work the note of affir- 

 mation is used only where the fact stated or implied is somewhat new^ or might 

 otherwise have been regarded as doubtful. 



Authors' names, when of more than one syllable, are usually abbreviated by 

 writing the first syllable and the next following or last consonant. The following 

 are nearlv all the names thus abridged in this work: — 



Adans. Adanson. 

 Agh. Agardli. 

 Ait. Alton. 

 Am. Arnott. 

 Bart. Barton. 

 Benth. Benthara. 

 Berl. Berlandier. 

 Bernh. Bernhardi. 

 Brongn. Brongniart. 

 Bigl. or Bw. Bigelow. 

 Boehm. Boehmer. 

 Bong. Bongard. 

 Br. Brown. 

 Cass. Cassini. 

 Cav. Cavanilles. 

 Darl. Darlington. 

 DC. De Candolle. 

 Desf. Desfontaines. 

 Desv. Desvaux. 

 Dew. Dewey. 

 Duh. Duhamel. 

 Endl. Endlicher. 

 Ehrh. Ehrhart. 

 Ell. Elliot. 



Engel. Engelman. 

 Forsk. Forskahl. 

 Froel. Froelich. 

 Gaert. Gaertner. 

 Ging. Gingins. 

 Gmel. Gmelin. 

 Gron. Gronovius. 

 Hedw. Hedwig. 

 Hoffm. Hofl'mann. 

 Hook. Hooker. 

 Juss. Jussieu. 

 Lam. Lamark. 

 Lee. Le Conte. 

 Lindl. Lindley. 

 Linn.* Linnaeus. 

 Lk. Link. 

 Lehm. Lehmann. 

 Mart. Martins. 

 Mentz. Mentzel. 

 Michx. i\Iichaux. 

 Mill. Miller, 

 ^lirb. Mirbel. 

 Moench. Munchausen. 

 Muhl. Muhlenberg. 



Nutt. Nuttall. 



Pcrs. Persoon. 



Pall. Pallas. 



Pav. Pavon. 



Poir. Poiret. 



Ph. Pursh. 



E. Br. Robert Brown. 



Raf Rafinesque. 



Rich. Richard. 



Schw. Schwenitz. 



Scop. Scopoli. 



Ser. Seriinje. 



Schk. Schkuhr. 



Sm. Smith. 



Spr. Sprengel. 



Sw. Swartz. 



T. & G. Torrey & Gray. 



Torr. Torrey. 



Tourn. Tournefort. 



Traut. Trautvetter. 



Willd. Willdenow. 



Walt. Walter. 



ANALYTICAL TABLES. 



The object of scientific tables is usually twofold. First, philosophical ; — to ex- 

 hibit in one condensed view the affinities and difl'erences of the several subjects to 

 which thev relate, bv bringing them into immediate comparison and contrast. 

 Second, practical; — to aid the student in his researches by aflbrduig hnn an 

 abridged method of analysis. The analytica. tables which accompany this flora 

 may subserve both these purpo?c?, but they are designed chiefly for the hitter; viz. 



* In this flora, -whereyer no authority is added to the generic or specific name, Linn, is to be 

 understood. 



