ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS. 



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SIGNS. 



At annual Herb. 



A biennial Herb. 



A perennial Herb. 



An undershrub, deciduous. 



An undershrub, evergreen. 



A Shrub, deciduous. 



A Shrub, evergreen. 



A Tree, deciduous. 



A Tree, evergreen. 



An herbaceous Vine, (T) or (a). 



A perennial Vine, u. 



Woody Vine, deciduous. 



Woody Vine, evergreen, 

 L, Trailing Herb, or (|J. 

 Lo Trailing Herb, if. 

 ? An aquatic Plant. 

 I Flowers perfect. 

 $ Flowers staminate. 

 ? Flowers pistillate. 

 8 Monoecious. 

 $ ? Dioecious. 

 $ ? Polygamous. 

 Wanting, or none. 

 00 Numerous, or indefinite 



at the end of the description. 



A Plant introduced and naturalized ; 



t Plant cultivated for ornament ; 



J Plant cultivated for use ; 



c = Cotyledons accumbent ; \ 



B Cotyledons incumbent ; V used only in the Cruciferse. (Page 34.) 



o)) Cotyledons conduplicate ; J 



! (Note of exclamation), used technically, denotes certainty. 



T (Note of interrogation), implies doubt or uncertainty. 



f (with or without a period), a foot \ 



' (a single acute accent), an inch > after a number. 



" (a double accent), a line =1-12 of an inch. . ) 



5 AUTHORS' NAMES CITED IN THIS WORK. 



Adans. 

 1. DC. 



Anders. 



Am. 



Avb. 



Bart. 



Bartt. 



Benth. 



Bemh. 



EtrL 



BOM. 



Bong. 



B&rk. 



Br. 



Bw. 



Case. 



Cerv. 



Cham 



Darl. 



DC 



Dttf. 



