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XIII. Kernarh on fame technical 'Terms ufed in Botany. 

 By R. A. Salijhury, Efq. F. R. S. ^ L. S. 



Read July 3, 1 798. 



A FTER the fcientific Obfervations of Profeflbr Martyn on Botanic 

 Language, publilhed in the firfl: vokime of this Society's Tranf- 

 aflions, and in anEnglifh tranflation of the Termini Botanici of Linne, 

 any thing further on the fame fubjeft may feem unneceffary: but I 

 am in the habit of ufing fome terms in a fenfe different from the Lin- 

 nean definitions, and of excluding as well as introducing others, in 

 my defcriptions of plants ; and I wifh to learn how far the opinions 

 of more experienced botanifts agree with my own. Should I be en- 

 couraged, I may probably in future ftudy this part of botany more 

 particularly. What I have now to offer follows alphabetically. 



Abbreviatus. This term in Aman. Acad, is only mentioned under 

 Perianthium, where an abbreviated perianthium is defined, not fo 

 long as the tube of the corolla. I recoUedl no inftance of its 

 being ufed in defcriptions; fo that it is fcarcely worth retaining 

 except for a fpecific name. Brevis fupplies its place, and admits 

 of degrees of comparifon more readily. 



Abntpte pinnatum folium. I confider every leaf which terminates 

 without an odd foliolum, as abruptly pinnated. Linne excludes 

 Cirrhus alfo, or any other part : but, in that cafe, fuch a leaf 



would 



