PLAN OF THE FLORA. 



introductory to the Systematic Arrangement of the 



Genera and Species comprised in the Flora of Suffolk,. 



two lists are prefixed. The former gives an account of the 

 books, Herbaria, and other chief authorities consulted and 

 referred to in the Flora. The latter contains the names of 

 the principal persons who have furnished materials for com- 

 piling the work, or, who are referred to by preceding authors 

 as vouchers for various plants and localities. 



The arrangement, followed in the classification of the- 

 Flowering Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies and Characeae of Suffolk,. 

 is that given in the 8th edition of Professor Babington's 

 Manual. Other authorities have been consulted and occa- 

 sionally followed, as in the Genus Rosa, where Mr. J. G. 

 Baker's latest views have been accepted, and in Characeae r 

 which is according to the arrangement of Messrs. Grove. 



I. The Species are arranged in order under a general 

 heading of the Genus. Each Species preceded by the initial 

 of the Genus is placed in the first line, printed in heavy type, 

 in Latin, as given in the Manual. This is occasionally 

 followed by a Synonym from Hooker's Student's Flora,, 

 3rd Ed. ; the London Catalogue, 8th Ed., or other authority, 

 printed in Italics. An English name is, in most cases r 

 added, also in Italics. 



II. The second line of the description gives the 

 pages in the Manual and Student's Flora, where a detailed 

 account of the species is given. This is usually followed by 

 a similar reference to the page in flenslow and Skepper's 

 Flora of Suffolk, and, where possible, to other local works 

 connected with the Botany of the County. 



III. The third line contains a short description of 

 the plant, whether tree, shrub, or herb ; its duration, soil, 

 or other circumstances, and its usual time of flowering. 



IV. Following the numbers 1 5, which represent 

 the five districts into which Suffolk has been divided to ex- 



