TABLES 



Abbreviations 

 The well known abbreviations of the states of the United States are here 



omitted. 



Adv. 



Alp. 

 Alt a. 



Am. 



= adventive 

 : Alpine Zone 

 = Alberta* 



America or American 

 April 



= Arctic Zone 



Ap = 



Arctic 



Au = August 



Auth. = Authors! 



B. C. = British Columbia 

 Boreal = Boreal Zone 



= central 



C. Am. = Central America 

 cm. =^ centimeter 



D ^ December 



dm. = decimeter 



e = eastern 



Eu. = Europe 



Eurasia = Europe and northern Asia 



F = Februarv 



(Fl. Colo.) =*The Author^s Flora of 



Colorado 

 (FL Mont.) = Catalogue of the Flora 



of Montana and Yellowstone Park 

 Greenl. = Greenland 

 Ja = January 

 Je = June 

 Jl - Julv 



Labr. = Labrador 



L. Calif. = Lower California 



L. Son. = Lower Sonoran Zone 



m. == meter 



IVIack. = Mackenzie Territory 



Man. = Manitoba 



Mex. = Mexicol 



mm. = millimeter 



Mont. = Montane Zone 



Mont. — Montana 



Mr = March 



My = May 



n = northern 



N = November 



N, Am. = North America 



Nat. = Naturalized 



N. B. ^ New Brunswick 



ne = northeastern 

 Newf. = Newfoundland 

 N. S. = Nova Scotia 



nw = northwestern 



O = October 



Ont. = Ontario 



P. E. I. = Prince Edward's Island 



Plain = Subboreal Plains 



Que. = Quebec 



s = southern 



S = September 



S. Am. = South America 



Sask. = Saskatchewan 



se = southeastern 



Son. = Sonoran Zone 



Subalp. = Subalpine Zone 



Subarctic = Subarctic Zone 



Subboreal = Subboreal Zone 



Submont = Submontane Zone 



sw = southwestern 



Trop. = tropical 



w = western 



W. Ind. = West Indies 



Signs 



- (short dash) between figures or words 

 means that the two figures or two 

 words denote the extreme of varia- 

 tion. 



§ Subgenus or section of a genus. 



X 



(long dash) between the names of 

 two or more states denotes the 

 extent of distribution, 

 denotes a hybrid between the two 

 species mentioned. 



1 mm. = 



= %5 inch 





3 mm. = 



= Vh inch 





1 cm. = 



= % inches 





5 cm. = 



= 2 inches 





1 dm. = 



= 4 inches 





1 ra. = 



= 40 inches 



or3M 



feet 



Measurements 



1 line = 



K inch 

 1 inch = 

 1 span '■ 

 1 foot = 

 1 yard ■ 

 = 1000 feet 



300 m. 



2 mm. 



= 3 mm. 

 2.5 cm. 



■ 1 dm. 



3 dm. 



■ 9 dm. 



* Many people use the abbreviation** Alb.", but as far as the author has been able to 

 ascertain, the official one is ** Alta." 



t Used in cases of mis appUcat ions of names where the author first using it in such a 

 sense has not been ascertained, 



t Observe the difference between N. M. (New Mexico) and n Mex. (northern :Mexico). 



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