APPENDIX. 



Or the Signs and Abreviations employed in Botanical Writings. 



Linn>kus adopted the following signs for designating the duration of a 

 plant, viz. : — 



(v) An annual plant. 

 g A biennial plant. 

 21 A perennial herb. 

 \ A shrub or tree. 



Among the signs recently introduced, the following have come into 

 general use : — 



O A monocarpic (once-flowering) plant, whether annual or biennial. 



© An annual plant. 



(§) A biennial plant. 



21 A perennial herb. 



\ A plant with a woody stem. 



g A staminate flower, or plant 



$ A pistillate flower, or plant. 



£ A perfect flower, or a plant bearing perfect flowers. 



1 The exclamation point is employed as the counterpart of the note of 

 interrogation. When it follows the name of an author appended to 

 the name of a plant, it imports that an authentic specimen of the 

 plant in question, under this name, has been examined by the writer: 

 when it is appended to a locality, it signifies that the writer has seen or 

 collected specimens of the plant from that locality, &c. 



? The note of interrogation is employed to denote doubt or uncertain- 

 ty ; and is affixed either to a generic or specific name, or to that of an 

 author or locality cited. 



* As used by De Candolle, indicates that a good description is found at 

 the reference to which it is appended. It is not in common use. 

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