ABBREVIATIONS. 



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Muse. Male plant, flower, &c. 



Mill, or mm. Millimetre. 



J/ss. Manuscripts. 



Mus. Museum. 



.V. or No. Number. 



Xat. Natural. 



A T om. Nomen, name. 



Obs. Observation . 



Ord. Order. 



Oo. Ovary. 



/'. Page, or sometimes Part. 



Fed. Peduncle or Pedicel, or for 



Pedalis, a foot long or high. 

 Peric. Pericarp. 

 Perig. Perigonium. 

 Pet. Petal or Petiole. 

 Pist. Pistil. 

 Plac. Placenta. 

 Poll. Pollicaris, an inch long. 

 p. p. Pro parte, in part. 

 Prodr. or Prod. Prodromus. 

 Rud. Radix, root ; or Radical. 

 Ram. Ramus, branch. 

 s. Seu, or Sive, Latin for or. 

 Sect. Section. 

 Segm. Segment. 

 Sem. Semen, seed. 



Sep. Sepal. 



Ser. Series. 



Sice. Siccatus or Siccus, dried or dry 



Spec, or Sp. Species, or specimen. 



Spont. Spontaneous. 



Stain. Stamen or Staminate. 



Sup. Superior. 



Syn. Synonym or Synopsis. 



T. or Tab. Tabula, plate. 



T. Tomus, volume. 



V. Volume : sometimes for Vel, or ; 

 sometimes Vide, see. 



Far. Variety. 



Veg. Vegetation, characters of 



Fern. Vernal. 



v. s. Visa sicca, or Vidi siccam. 



v. v. Visa viva, or Vidi vivam ; the 

 first indicating that a dried speci- 

 men of the plant, the second that 

 the living plant has been exam- 

 ined. 



v. s. c. and v. s. s., indicates that 

 the dried specimen was cultivated 

 (c) or spontaneous (s). 



v. v. c. and v. v. s., that the living 

 plant seen was cultivated (c) or 

 spontaneous (s). 



SIGNS. 



1. SIGNS USED BY LINN^US. 



O An annual plant. 



$ A biennial. 



^ A perennial. 



b A tree or shrub. 



* Affixed to a reference, means that a good description will be found there. 



f Indicates an obscure or doubtful species. 



2. SIGNS USED BY DECANDOLLE AND LATER 

 WRITERS. 



O A monocarpic plant, i. e. which dies after once flowering and fruiting, 



either annual or biennial, or of longer duration. 

 CD Annual. 

 Biennial. 

 @ Monocarpic perennial, such as Agave. 



