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Ker — John Bellendeii Ker (or Gawler) ? -1871. England. 

 Klatt — Friediich Wilhelni Klatt, a contemporaneous botanist. Ger- 

 many. 

 Koch — Karl Koch, 1809-1879. Germany. 

 KuNTH — See HBK. 

 Lam. — Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monnet Lamarck, 1744-1820, 



author of the Lamarckian philosophy of organic evolution. France. 

 Le Contk — John Eaton Le Conte, 1784-1860. Pennsylvania. 

 Ledeb. — Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 1785-1861. Russia. 

 Lkhm. — Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, 1792-1860. Germany. 

 Lem. — Charles Lemaire, 1800-1871. Belgium. 

 L'Her. — C. L. L'Heritier de Brutelle, 1746-1800. France. 

 Linden — J. Linden, 1817- . Belgium. 

 LiNDL. — John Lindley, 1799-1865. England. 

 Link — Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851. Germany. 

 Linn. — Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linn6), 1707-1778, the "Father of 



Botany," and author of binomial nomenclature. Sweden. 

 Linn. f. — Carl von Linn§, the son, 1741-1788. Sweden. 

 Lor<D. — Conrad Loddiges, nurseryman near London, in the early part of 



this century. 

 LoisEL. — Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 1774-1849. 



France. 

 Lour. — Juan Loureiro, 1715-1796, Mi-ssionary in China. Portugal. 

 Marsh. — Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Pennsylvania. 

 Ma.xim. — Karl Johann Maximowicz, 1827-1891. Russia. 

 Meisn. — Karl Friedrich Meisner (or Meissner), 1800-1874. Switzerland. 

 Mey. — Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 1791-1851. Prussia. 

 MicHx. — Andr6 Michaux, 1746-1802. France, but for ten years a resident 



in North America. 

 MiCHX. f. — Francois Andre Michaux, the son, 1770-1855. France. 

 Mill. — Phillip Miller, 1691-1771. Garden-author of Chelsea, England. 

 MiQ. — Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, 1811-1871. Holland. 

 MoENCH — Konrad Moench, 1744-1805. Germany. 

 MoQ. — Alfred Moquin-Tandon, 1804-1863. France. 

 MuHL. — Henry Ludwig Muhlenberg, 1756-1817. Pennsylvania. 

 Mfrr. — Johann Andreas Murray, 1740-1791. Germany. 

 Nees. — Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck, 1776-1858. Prussia. 

 NuTT. — Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859. Massachu.setts. 

 Ortega, Ort. — Casimiro Gomez Ortega, 1740-1818. Spain. 

 Otto — Friedrich Otto, 1782-1850. Germany. 

 Pall. — Peter Simon Pallas, 1741-1811, professor and explorer in Russia. 



Germany. 

 Paxt. — Joseph Paxton, 1802-1865. Englaad. 

 Pers. — Christian Hendrick Persoon, 1755-1837. Germany. 

 Planch. — Jules Emile Planchon, Professor at Montpellier. France. 

 PoiR. — Jean Louis Marie Poiret, 1755-1834. France. 

 Presl — Karel Boriwog Presl, 1794-1852. Bohemia. 

 PuRSH — Fredrick T. Pursh, 1774—1820. Siberia, but for twelve years 



a resident in the L^nited States. 

 Raddi — Giuseppe Raddi, 1770-1829. Italy. 

 Raf. — Constantino Samuel Rafinesque- Schmaltz, 1784-1842, Professor 



of Natural History at Ti-ansylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. 

 R. Br. — Robert I?rown, 1773-1858. England. 



Reich. — Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, 1793-1879. Germany. 

 Rich. — John Richardson, 1787-1865. Scotland. 

 Richard — Louis Claude Marie Richard, 1754-1821. France. 

 RiDDELL — John Leonard Riddell, 1807-1865, I'rofessor of Chemistry in 



Cincinnati and New Orleans. Massachusetts. 



