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EXPLANATIONS 



KoMAR. Vladeniir Leoiityevitcli Komarov, writri- on 

 plants of eastern Asia. St. Petersburj;. 



KosT. Vineenz Frann, Kostelctzky. Bohemian botanist. 



KoTSCHY. Theodor Kotsih>', assistant curator at V'ientui, 

 1S13-18C6. Wrote on oriental plants. 



Kranzl. V. Kranzlin, Berlin, writes on orchids in The 

 Gardeners" Chronicle. 



K. ScH. See Schumann. 



Ki-.VTH. See HBK. 



Ki-NTZE. Otto Kuntze. German botanist; chiefly known 

 as a strong advocate of priority in nomenclature. 

 1S43-1907. 



Lao. Mariano Lagasca, 1776-1839, one of Spain's most 

 distinguished botanists. 



Lam. Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monnet Lamarck, 

 1744-1S29, author of the Lamarckian philosophy of 

 organic evolution. France. 



Langs. Georg Heinrich von Langsdorf, 1774-1852, Rus- 

 sian consul-general in Brazil. 



Lauth. Thomas Lauth, 175S-1S26, professor of anatomy 

 at Strassburg, wrote a 40-page monograph on Acer 

 in 1781. 



Lecq. Henry Lecoq, born 1802, once professor at Cler- 

 mont-Ferrand, wrote an elementary botany, a dic- 

 tionary of botanical terms, a book on hybridization, etc. 



LeConte. John Eaton LeConte, 1784-1860. Pennsylvania. 



Ledeb. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 1785-1851. 

 Russia. 



Lehm. Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, 1792-1860, 

 professor at Hamburg, wrote several monographs, and 

 described many new plants. 



Lehm.. F. C. F. C. Lehmann, German collector in 

 South .\merica. 



Leicht. Max Leichtlin, horticulturist, Baden-Baden, 

 Germany. 



Lem. Charles Lemaire, 1800-1871, works on cacti and 

 botany of cultivated plants. Belgium. 



Leveille. Augustine Abel Hector Lfeveillfe, professor of 

 botany, Le Mans, France. 



LHer. C. L. L'Hferitier de Brutelle, 1746-1800. France. 



LicHTST. August Gerhard Gottfield Lichtenstein, 1780- 

 1851. Germany. 



LiND. & Rod. L. Linden and E. Rodigas, once adminis- 

 trator and editor, respectively, of L'lUustration Hor- 

 ticole. 



LiND. J. Linden, 1817-1898. Belgium. For many years 

 director of LTUustration Horticole. 



LiND.. L. Lucien Linden, associated with J. Linden for 

 some years on L'lUustration Horticole. 



LiNDL. John Lindley, 1799-1865, one of the most illus- 

 tnous of English horticulturists. 



LiNOELSH. Alexander Lingelsheim. Breslau, Germany. 



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



Linn. Carolus Linnseus (Carl von Linn^), 1707-1778, 

 ■ the "Father of Botany," and author of binomial 

 nomenclature. Sweden. 



Linn. f. Carl von Linn£, the son, 1741-1783. Sweden. 



LiPSKY. Vladimir Ippolitovitch Lipsky, writer chiefly 

 on plants from Central Asia, St. Petersburg. 



hfjDD. Conrad Loddiges. nurseryman near London, con- 

 ducted Loddigcs' Botanical Cabinet from 1817-33, 

 20 vols.. 2,fXX) colored plates. 



LoES. Thefjdor Loesener, professor of botany, Berlin. 



Loisel. Jean Lf;uis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 

 1774-1849. France. 



LrjVD. John Claudius Loudon, 1783-1843, an extremely 

 prolific Engli^^h writer. 



LouH. Juan Loureiro, 1715-1796, missionary in China. 



Portugal. 

 Makino. Tomitaro Makino. Tokyo, Japan. 

 Marsh. Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Pennsylvania. 

 Mart. Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, 1794-1868, 



professor at Munich, monographer of palms, founder of 



the great Flora Brasiliensis, and author of many works. 

 Mast. Maxwell T. Masters, late editor of The Gardeners' 



Chronicle, wherein he has described great numbers of 



new plants of garden value; author of "Vegetable 



Teratology," etc. 1833-1907. 

 Matsum. Jinzo Matsumuro. Tokyo, Japan. 

 Maxim. Karl Johann Maximowicz, 1827-1891, one of the 



most illustrious Russian systematic botanists; wrote 



much on Asian plants. 

 Medikus. Friedrich Casmir Medikus, 1736-1808, director 



of the garden at Mannheim, wrote a book of 96 pagea 



in German on North American plants in 1792. 

 Meisn. Karl Friedrich Meisner, 1800-1874. Switzer- 

 land. 

 Mett. Georg Heinrich Mettenius, 1823-1866, professor at 



Leipzig, wrote on flowerless plants. 

 Met. Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 1791-1851. 



. Prussia. 

 Mey., C. A. Carl Anton Meyer, 1795-1855, director 



botanic garden at St. Petersburg, wrote on Russian 



botany. 

 Mez. Dr. Karl Mez, director of the botanic garden at 



Konigsberg; monographer of the bromeliads. 

 MiCHX. Andre Michaux, 1746-1802. France, but for 



ten years a resident of North America. 

 MicHX. f. Frangois Andr§ Michaux, the son, 1770-1855. 



France. 

 Mill. Phillip Miller, 1691-1771, of Chelsea, England, 



author of a celebrated dictionary of gardening, which 



had many editions. 

 MiQ. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, 1811-1871. 



Holland. 

 Mitford. a. B. Freeman-Mitford, English amateur, 



author of "The Bamboo Garden." 

 MoENCH. Konrad Moench, 1744-1805. Germany. 

 MoNCH. See Moench. 

 Moore. Thomas Moore, 1821-1887, curator of Chelsea 



Botanic Garden, author of "Index Filicum," and other 



well-known works. 

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

 MoRR. Charles Jacques Edouard Morren, of Ghent. 



1833-1886. 

 MoTT. S. Mottet, frequent contributor to Revue Hor- 

 ticole, translator of Nicholson's "Dictionary of Gar- 

 dening." 

 Muell. Arc. Jean Mueller, of Aargau, 1828-1896, wrote 



for De CandoUe's "Prodromus," vol. 16. 

 MuELL., C. Carl Mueller, 1817-1870, who edited vols. 



4-6 of Walpers' "Annuals." 

 Muell., F. Ferdinand von Mueller, royal botanist at 



Melbourne, has written much on Australian and 



economic botany. 1825-1896. 

 MuHL. Henry Ludwig Muhlenberg, 1756-1817. Penn- 

 sylvania. 

 MnRR. Johann Andreas Mtirray, 1740-1791. Germany. 

 MuRR., A. Andrew Murray, 1812-1878, author of "The 



Pines and Firs of Japan." London, 1863. 

 Naudin. Charles Naudin, 1815-1899, botanist, frequent 



contributor to Revue Horticole. 

 N. E. Br. N. E. Brown describes many new plants in 



Gardeners' Chronicle. See Br., N. E. 



