ABBREVIATIONS AND bIGNS. 



SIGNS. 



(1) An annual Herb. 



(2) A biennial Herb. 

 If A perennial Herb. 



^) An undershrub, deciduous. 

 An undershrub, evergreen. 

 A Shrub, deciduous. 

 A Shrub, evergreen. 

 A Tree, deciduous. 

 A Tree, evergreen. 

 An herbaceous Vine, (i) or (2). 

 A perennial Vine, ii . 

 Woody Vine, deciduous. 



"5? Woody Vine, evergreen. 

 C, Trailing Herb, @ or @. 

 |^, Trailing Herb, is. . 

 Sff An aquatic Plant. 

 $ Flowers perfect. 

 $ Flowers stainiuate. 

 $ Flowers pistillate. 

 <? Monoecious. 

 $ ? Dioecious. 

 $ $ ? Polygamous. 

 Wanting, or none. 

 GO Numerous, or indefinite. 



A Plant introduced and naturalized ; \ 



t Plant cultivated for ornament ; Vat the end of the description. 



% Plant cultivated for use ; J 



o = Cotyledons accumbent ; \ 



oO Cotyledons incumbent ; V used only in the Cruci ferae. (Page 88.) 



o)) Cotyledons conduplicate ; ) 



! (Note of exclamation), used technically, denotes certainty. 



? (Note of interrogation), implies doubt or uncertainty. 



f (with or without a period), a foot \ 



' (a single acute accent), an inch j-after a number. 



" (a double accent), a line =1-12 of an inch.. ) 



$ AUTHORS' NAMES CITED IN THIS WORK. 



Adams. 

 A. DC. 



Ait. 



All. 



Anders. 



Am. 



Aub. 



Bart. 



Parti. 



Beauv, 



Benth. 



Bernh. 



Berl. 



Bois. 



Bonrj. 



Bw. 



Cass. 



Cav. 



Cham. 



Darl. 



DC 



Desf. 



Dew. 



