366 PHYTOGBAPHY. 



it an intermediate genus between Thalictrum and Anemone. In 

 systematic works, the specific character immediately follows the 

 name, and generally forms a part of the same sentence ; and is 

 followed first by citations of authors who have adopted the name, 

 and then by the synonymy, or as much of it as the plan of the 

 work calls for. The synonymous names and the references 

 under them should be cited in the order of their publication. 

 But, to economize space, all the authorities for the same name 

 are brought together into one sentence, and arranged according 

 to their date. Also, where the synonymy is not elaborately 

 displayed, the various synonyms of the same generic name are 

 usually placed in consecutive order. 



756. Iconography. The leading and most essential citation is 

 that of the author by whom and the work in which a plant is 

 named and described, and also the work in which it is best char- 

 acterized. Among the characterizations, published figures hold 

 a prominent place. The citation of these is an important part 

 of the synonymy. The best botanical plates are those which 

 give detailed analyses of the parts of the flower, fruit, and seed, 

 displaying their structure. 



757. Habitat and Station are recorded in a sentence or para- 

 graph following the name, character, and synonymy of a species. 

 The habitation is the place, district, or region at or within which 

 the plant is known to be indigenous, or to grow spontaneously. 

 The complete habitat is the geographical range. The station is 

 the situation it affects, whether in water, in marshes, on shores, 

 on hills or mountains, in forests, on open plains, &c. 



758. Discoverer, &c. To the habitat and station of newly 

 discovered, rare, or local plants should be appended the name 

 of the discoverer or the collectors by whom the species has be- 

 come known to science, at least when the plant is first published. 

 Date of discovery should also then be indicated. 



759. Time of Blossoming should be recorded, either the month 

 or the season, to which may be added that of the maturity of the 

 fruit. When the month or season is mentioned without farther 

 explanation, flowering-time is intended. In a flora, this may 

 sometimes be indicated under the genus for all the species. 

 In the flora of an extensive region, and in respect to species of 

 considerable range in latitude or longitude, the time of flowering 

 differs so widely at the extremes of the geographical range that 

 it cannot well be specified except in general terms, as spring, 

 summer, autumn, &c. 



760. Etymology of Names. When a new generic name is pub- 

 lished, its origin and meaning should always be given, if the 



