ABBREVIATIONS MOST COMMON IN BOTANY. 



© An annual plant 

 S A biennial plant. 

 11 Perennial plant. 

 ^ Shrubs or trees. 

 Staminate flowers. 

 Pistillate flowers. 

 Flowers perfect. 

 An indefinite number. 

 Flowers moncecious. 

 Flowers dioecious. 

 Flowers polygamous. 

 ^/ This fiirure with a number in the an- 

 gle signifies the number of floral organs 

 in a whorl ; thus y/ signifies that thero 



are 8 sepals, 8 petals, 3 6tame^^ and 8 

 carpels, or the flower Is said to bo <r/- 

 merous; whh 4, tetramerous ; with 5 

 pentimerous, etc. 



? signifies doubt, 



! placed after a synonym signifies that the 

 author who uses it lias seen ^^e plant al- 

 luded to. <^r 



V. 8. 8., ridi fsiccam ftpouuirtP(t^g: the 

 author has seen a wild, di^s|>oi^cn. 



V. 8. c, tidl Htccdm e'<«^I>l >3ho au- 

 thor has seen a cuitivaWd dry wecimon. 



V. V. 8., Hdi virai/i ^kmytn'itw'^ .' tl'O 

 author has seen a lixAS*, wU%fi><>ciuea. 



The above are commotily used b}'- writers on Botan}-, bin, only the 

 first four are used in tliis work. -T^ <^ 



Besides the above, the names of authors are aW^.vi^d, using the 

 initial letter or the first S3'llable. The follo\vinjyA^ll.»<^"u 

 used in this work : 



a 



5 — 9 



i : ? 



5 — 5 — ? 



»\jiiust couinioa 



Adns. — Adanson. 

 Ait. — Alton. 

 Arn. — Arnot. 

 Aubl.— Aublet. 

 Bart. — Barton. 

 Beauv. — Beauvois. 

 Beuth. — Bentham. 

 Brong. — Brongniart. 

 Ciiss. — Cassini. 

 Cav. — Cavanillcs. 

 D. C— De Candolle. 

 Desf. — Desfontaines. 

 Dew. — Dewey. 

 Dill.— Dillenius. 

 Ehrh.— Ehrhart. 

 Ell.— Elliott. 

 Endl— Endlichcr. 



Gaert.— GiErtncr. 

 Grev. — Greville. 

 Grl.s.— Grisebach. 

 Gron. — Gronovius. 

 lied. — lledwig. 

 Jacq. — Jacquin. 

 Juss. — Jussieu. 

 L. — Linnaeus. 

 Lam. — Lainark. 

 L'ller.-L'llcritior. 

 Lindl. — Lindley. 

 Mich. — Michaux, 

 Mill.— Miller. 

 Muhl.— Muhlenberg. 

 Nees.— Nees von Escnbock. 

 Nutt.— Nuttall. 

 Pav. — Pavon. 



P c rs. — T I' rsoo n . 

 Plum. — Plumlor. 

 Poir.— Polrct, 

 Br— Brown. 

 Kaf— Kafini'squc. 

 llich.— llich.ird. 

 Salis.— Sallshurv. 

 Schri'b.— Schrcbcr. 

 8c..p.— Sci.p(di. 

 8olan.— Solander. 

 Spremr.— SjiriMigoL 

 T. &(J.— Torny A: Gray. 

 Tourn.— T»>urncfort 

 Valll.-VailUnt. 

 Vont. — Vc>n tonal. 

 •NV,<ilt.-Wa!tor. 

 -VVllld.— Willdengw. 



