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Jussieu ; DC. or De Cand. for De CandoUe ; Br. for Brown ; 

 Lindl. for Lindley ; Bich. for Richard ; Willd. for Willdenow ; 

 Hook, for Hooker ; With, for Withering ; Endl. for EndHcher ; 

 Bah. for Babington ; Berk, for Berkley, &c., &c. 



It is common to put such abridged names after that of the 

 genus or species which lias been described by them respectively. 

 Thus Eriocaulon, L. indicates that the genus Eriocaulon was 

 first described by Linnaeus ; Miltonia, Lindl. is the genus Mil- 

 tonia as defined by Lindley ; Niqjhar j^umila, DC. is the species 

 oi Nuphar defined by -De Candolle, &c., &c. 



Other abbreviations in common use are Bad. for root ; Caul. 

 for stem ; Fl. for flower ; Cal. for calyx ; Cor. for corolla; Per. 

 for perianth ; i^r. for fruit ; Ort?. for order ; Ge7i. for genus ; S}^. 

 or Spec, for species ; Var. for variety ; Hah. for habitat ; Herb. 

 for herbarium, &c. 



