AUTHORITIES FOR SPECIFIC AND GENERIC NAMES. 



Jon. Jones. An accomplished writer upon 



Indian matters. 



K<rm. Kampfer. A traveller in Japan. 



Kion. Not known. 



Kit. Kitaibcl. A Hungarian botanist 



Kn. pr. Knight's Profcaceae. 



Koch. Koch. A professor at Erlang. 



Kocl. Koeler. A writer on German and French 

 grasses. 



Kolle. Kolle. A botanist of Erlang. 



Kon. Konig. Several German naturalists of this 

 name. 



Kth. Kunth. A Prussian botanist. 



Kunxe. Kunze. A German crytogamic botanist. 



L. Linnteus. The celebrated Swedish re- 



former of natural history. 



Lab. Labillardiere A French botanist. < 



Lag. Lagasca. A Spanish botanist and pro- 

 fessor. 



Lai. La Lave. A Mexican botanist 



Lam. Lamarck. A French botanist. 



Lamb. A. B. Lambert, V. P. L. S. The most liberal 

 botanist in England. Nothing in bo- 

 tany can well be completed without 

 his assistance. 



Lan. Langsdorff. A Russian botanist. 



Lap. La Peyrouse. A French writer upon the 

 plants of the Pyrenees. 



Lar. Laroche. A French botanist. 



Law. Lawrence ' (Miss). An English flower- 

 painter. 



Lax. Laxmann. A German writer on Siberian 

 plants. 



Lee. Leconte. An American botanist 



Lech. Lechenault. A French botanist. 



Led. Ledcbour. A botanist and traveller in 

 Siberia. 



Lee. Lee. A nurseryman at Hammersmith. 



Leers. Leers. A German botanist 



Leh. Lehmann. A German botanist and pro- 

 fessor at Hamburgh. 



Lej. Lejeune. A French botanist 



Lem. Leman. A botanist mentioned in Dec. Fl. 

 Franc. 



Lep. Lepechin. A Russian botanist 



Lepel. Lepetletier. A French botanist. 



Lewis. Lewis. An American traveller. 



Leys. Leysser. A botanist of Halle. 



L. fil. Linnceus the younger. The son of the great 

 Linnaeus. 



Lich. Lichtcnstein. A German botanist and pro- 

 fessor. 



Light. Lightfoot. A writer upon the Scottish 

 Flora. 



Liljeb. Liljeblad. A professor at UpsaL 



Lind. Lindern. A French botanist 



Lindl. Lindley. An English botanist, and pro- 

 fesssor in London. 



Liv. Livinston. A Scotch botanist. 



Lie. Link. A Prussian botanist. 



Lk. 8f 0. Link and Otto. -Prussian botanists. 



Lob. Label. An old writer upon plants. 



Lo. C. Loddiges' Catalogue. Catalogue of the 

 plants cultivated in Loddiges' nursery 

 at Hackney. 



Lock. Lockhart. Superintendant of the Trinidad 

 botanical garden. 



Lod. Loddiges. English nurserymen and bo- 



tanists. 



Loe. Loejfling. A Swedish botanist and traveller. 



Loi. Loiseleiir Deslongchamps. A French bo- 



tanist. 



Lon. Londes. A botanist of Gottingen. 



Lo. S. Loddiges' Supplement. 



Lou. Loureiro. A Portuguese traveller in 

 Cochin China, 



London. J.C.Loudon. Auth. of various agricultural, 

 horticultural, and botanical works. 



L. Tr. Linnean Society's Transactions. 



Lum. Lumtu'txer. A German botanist 



Lunan. Lunan. A writer on Jamaica plants. 



Lyell. Lyell. A Scotch botanist. 



Lyng. Lyngbye. A Danish writer upon crypto- 

 gamic matters. 



Li/on. Lyon. A collector of American plants. 



Ma. C. Mackay's Catalogue. Catalogue of the 

 plants cultivated in Mackay's nursery 

 at Clapton. 



Af. 8f S. Mocino and Sesse. Mexican botanists. 



Marg. Marcgraav. A traveller in Brazil. 



Marsh. Marshall. A writer on American trees. 



Mart. Marlins. A Bavarian botanist, and tra- 

 veller in Brazil. 



Mas. Masson. A collector of plants at the Cape, 

 and elsewhere. 



Mayer. Mayer. Several German botanists of this 



name. 

 Med. Medicus. A German botanist of the last 



century. 

 Mcnz. Menzies. A Scotch botanist, and traveller 



round the world with Vancouver 

 Merat. Merat. A French botanist. 

 Mert. Mertens. A French Botanist. 

 Mey. Meyer. A German botanist. 



Mich. Micheli. A Florentine botanist 

 Miers. Miers. A South American collector. 

 Mik. Mikan. A German writer on Brazilian 



plants. 



Mil. Miller. An English gardener and botanist 



Mir. Mirbel. A French physiological botanist 



Mac. Mocino. A Mexican botanist. 



Moen. Moench. A German botanist. 

 Mohr. Mohr. A German cryptogamic writer. 

 Mol. Molina. An Italian writer upon the natural 



history of Chile. 



Mon. Montin. A Swedish botanist 

 Mor. Morison. An old writer on plants. 



Mord. Mordant de Launy. A French botanist 

 Moret. Moretti. An Italian botanist. 

 Moug. Mougeot. A German cryptogamic botanist. 

 Muhl. Muhlenberg. A North American botanist 

 Mur. Murray. A German botanist. 

 Mus. Mussin-Puschkin. A Russian botanist and 



traveller in Caucasus. 

 Mutts. Mutis. A Spanish botanist, resident in New 



Grenada. 

 MX. Michaux. A French botanist, and traveller 



in North America. 



N. 8f M. Nees and Martins. German botanists. 

 Neck. Necker. A German writer upon botanical 



affairs. 



Nees. Nees v. Esenbeck. A German botanist. 

 Nest. Ncstler. A botanist of Strasburgh. 

 Niv. Niven. Once a collector of plants at the 



Cape. 



Noc. Nocca. A professor of Pavia. 

 Nois. Noisette. A French nurseryman. 

 Nor. Noronha. A Spanish botanist who visited 



Madagascar. 



Nut. Nuttall. A North American botanist 



Oed. Ocder. A Danish botanist 



Oliv. Olivier. A French botanist and traveller 



in Persia. , 



Or. Ortega. A Spanish botanist. 



Otth. Otth. A French writer in Decandolle's 



Prodromus. 



Otto. Otto. A Prussian gardener. 



Pall. Pallas. A Russian traveller and naturalist. 

 Parm. Parmentier. A French nurseryman. 

 Pat. Patrin. A Russian traveller. 



Perp. Perpenti. A female Italian botanist 

 Pers. Persoon. A French botanist. 

 Pet. Petagna. A Neapolitan botanist. 



Ph. Pursh. A Prussian botanist, and traveller 



in North America. 

 Plu. Plumier. A French botanist, and traveller 



in the West Indies. 

 Poht. Pohl. A German botanist. 

 Pair. Poiret. A French botanical compiler. 

 Poit. Poiteau. A French botanist and draughts- 

 man. 



Pol. Pollini. A professor at Verona. 



Poll. Pollich. A German writer on the plants 



of the Palatinate. 



Pop. Poppig. A German botanist 



Pou. Pourret. A French botanist 



Presl. . Presl. A Bohemian botanist 

 Rad. Raddi. An Italian cryptogamic botanist, 



and traveller in Brazil. 

 Raeu. Raeuschel. A German botanist. 

 Rafi. Rafinesque Schmalz. A modern writer 



upon botanical matters. 

 Ram. Ramond. A French botanist 

 R. 8g P. Ruiz and Pavon. Spanish botanists, and 



travellers in Peru and Chile. 

 R. fy S. Rdmer and Schultes. German editors of 



Linnaeus's Species Plantarum. 

 Rau. Rau. A German botanist. 

 R. Br. Robert Brown. A distinguished English 



botanist, and traveller in New Holland. 

 Rchb. Reichenbach. A German botanist 

 Red. Redout^. A French botanical draughts- 



man. 



Redow. Redowski. A Russian botanical collector. 

 Reich. Reichard. A botanist of Frankfort 

 Reinw. Reinwardt. A professor at Leyden. 

 Rel. Relhan. A writer upon the Flora of Cam- 



bridgeshire. 



Rcq. Requien. A French botanist 



Retz. Retxiits, A German botanist 



