AUTHORITIES. 



It is customary to write, after the name of the plant, the name, or an abbreviation of 

 it, of the person who gave the name. Below will be found a brief history and the name 

 in full of each abbreviation. 



Atk Prof. Geo. F. Atkinson, at the head of the Botanical Department of Cor- 

 nell University and an authority on Mycology. 



Afz Adam Afzelius, a Swedish Botanist, 1750-1836; a pupil of Linnaeus. 



Ban Miss Banning of Maryland, a student of Mycology. 



Batsch Augustus Batsch, a -German Botanist and Mycologist, 1761-1802. 



Berk Rev. J. M. Berkeley, a leading Mycologist of England. 



Bolt James Bolton, a prominent Botanist of Halifax. 



Bosc Louis Bosc, an early American Botanist, 1759-1828. 



Barl J. B. Barla, a French Mycologist. 



Bull Pierre Bulliard, one of the first French Mycologists, 1742-1790. 



Curt Rev. M. A. Curtise, State Botanist of North Carolina. 



D. C Augustin P. de Candolle, a Swiss Botanist, 1778-1841. 



Dill Johann Jakob Dillenius, an eminent German Botanist. 



Ellis J. B. Ellis, Newfield, New Jersey, an eminent Mycologist. 



Fr Elias Magnus Fries (pron. Freece), a Swedish Botanist and Mycologist, 



1 794- 1 878. 



Gill C. C. Gillet, a French Botanist. 



Herbst The late Dr. William Herbst, Trexlertown, Pa., an authority on Mycology. 



Hoffn Hoffman, a German Mycologist. 



Holmsk Theodor Holmskiold, a Danish Mycologist, 1732-1794. 



Huds William Hudson, an eminent English Botanist, 1730-1795. 



Jung Franz W. Junghuhn, a prominent German Botanist, 1812-1864. 



Kauff Dr. C. H. Kauffman, Botanical Department Michigan University. 



Lasch William Lasch, a German Mycologist. 



Lenz Harald Othmar Lenz, a German Botanist. 



Lk Heinrich Friedrich Link, a prominent German Mycologist. 



Lloyd C. G. Lloyd, Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the finest mycologists of the present 



day. 



Lev Joseph Henri Leveille, a French Mycologist. 



Let Jean Baptiste Louis Letellier, a French Mycologist. 



L. or Linn Carl von Linnaeus, a Sweedish Botanist who is the author of the Linnaean 



classification and who adopted the binomial nomenclature, viz. : the generic 



name which is the substantive, or a word used as such, and the specific 



name, an adjective, 1707-1778. 

 Mass George Massee, an English Botanist, Principal Assistant, Royal Gardens, 



Kew ; author of several works on Mycology. 

 Morg Prof. A. P. Morgan, Preston, Ohio, a well-known Botanist and an 



authority on Mycology. 



Mont Montagne, a French Botanist and Mycologist. 



Pk Dr. Charles Horton Peck, the State Botanist of New York ; an eminent 



authority on Mycology and Botany generally. 



Pers Christian Hendrik Persoon, a German Botanist, 1755-1837. 



Rav W. H. Ravenel, leading Mycologist of South Carolina. 



Roze Ernest Roze, a French Mycologist. 



Schw Rev. Louis David de Schweinitz, Bethlehem, Pa., a pioneer American 



Mycologist. 



Schroet Schroeter, a German Botanist and Mycologist. 



Schaeff ...Jacobi C. Schaeffer, a German Botanist, 1718-1790. 



Scop Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, an Italian Botanist, 1725-1788. 



Schum Schumacher, a German Botanist and Mycologist. 



Sacc P. A. Saccardo, an Italian Botanist, the author of Sylloge Fungorum, a 



work of several volumes written in Latin, describing over forty thousand 



species. 



Sow James Sowerby, an English Botanist. 



Vahl Martin Vahl, a Norwegian Botanist. 1749-1804. 



Vitt Carlo Vittadini, an Italian Mycologist. 



Wulf Wulfen, a German Botanist. 



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