ARBREVIATIONS, ETC. 



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Used only in the Cruciferse. 



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



8 Monoecious, or a plant with staminate and pistillate flowers. 



^d" Dioecious; staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants. 



V 5 cf Polygamous ; the same species with staminate, pistillate, and perfect flowers. 



Wanting or none. 



00 Indefinite, or numerous. 



0= Cotyledons accumbent. 



II Cot_ylcdons incumbent. 

 0>> Cotyledons conduplicate. 

 4 A naturalized plant. 

 t A plant cultivated for ornament. 



1 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 rnarks 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, certahUy from 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 writer h:is examined specimens supplied by him. In this work the note of affir- 

 mation is used only where the fact stated or "implied is somewhat 72eir, or might 

 otherwise have been regarded as doubtful. 



Authors' names, when of 

 writing the first syllable and 

 are nearly all the names thus 



Adans. Adanson. 

 Agh. Agardh. 

 Ait. Aiton. 

 Arn. Arnott. 

 Bart. Barton. 

 Benth. Bentham. 

 Berl. Berlandier. 

 Bernh. Bernhardt 

 Brongn. Brongniart. 

 Bigl. or Bw. Bigelow. 

 Boehm. Boehmer. 

 Bong. Bongard. 

 Br. Brown. 

 Cass. Cassini. 

 Cav. Cavanilles. 

 Darl. Darlington. 

 DC. De Candolle. 

 Desf. Dcsfontaines. 

 Desv. Desvaux. 

 Dew. Dewey. 

 Duh. Duhamel. 

 Endl. Endlicher. 

 Ehrh. Ehrhart. 

 Ell. Elliot. 



more than one syllable, are usually abbreviated by 

 the next following or last consonant. The following 

 abridged in this work : — 



Engel. Engelman. 

 Forsk. Forskahl. 

 Froel. Froelich. 

 Ga;rt. Gsertner. 

 Ging. Gingins. 

 Gmel. Gmelin. 

 Gron. Gronovius. 

 Hedw. Hedwig. 

 Hofl'm. Hoffmann. 

 Hook. Hooker. 

 Juss. Jussieu. 

 Lam. Lamark. 

 Lee. Le Conte. 

 Lindl. Lindley. 

 Linn.* Linnaeus. 

 Lk. Link. 

 Lehm. Lehmann. 

 Mart. Martins. 

 Mentz. ^Mentzel. 

 ilichx. Michaux. 

 MUl. Miller. 

 Jlirb. Mirbel. 

 Mcench. Mcenchai;sen. 

 Muhl. Muhlenberg. 



Nutt. Nuttall. 



Pers. Persoon. 



Pall. Pallas. 



Pav. Pavon. 



Poir. Poiret. 



Ph. Pursh. 



R. Br. Robert Brown. 



Raf. Rafinesque. 



Rich. Richard. 



Schw. Schwenitz. 



Scop. Scopoli. 



Ser. Seringe. 



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 differences of the several subjects to 

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

 Second, practical ; — " to aid the student in his researches by aftbrding him an 

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

 may subserve both these purposes, but they are designed chiefly for the latter ; viz. 



• In this flora, wherever no authority is added to the generic or specific name, Lmn. is to be 

 understood. 



