ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS. 



SIGNS. 



(T) An anntiil Herb. 



(2) A biennial Herb. 



It A perennial Herb. 



^> An nndershrub, deciduous. 



J) An nndershrub, evergreen. 



^ A Shrub, deciduous. 



) A Shrub, evergreen. 



p A Tree, deciduous. 



J) A Tree, evergreen. 



[? An herbaceous Vine, or @. 



^> A perennial Vine, 11. 



^ Woody Vine, deciduous. 



"^ Woody Vine, eveigreen. 

 , Trailing Herb, (I) or . 

 Lj Trailing Herb, . 

 ? An aquatic Plant. 

 $ Flowers perfect. 

 $ Flowers staminate. 

 $ Flowers pistillate. 

 8 Monoecious. 

 $ $ Dioecious. 

 $ $ $ Polygamous. 

 Wanting, or none. 

 OO Numerous, or indefinite. 



A Plant introduced and naturalized ; \ 



t Plant cultivated for ornament ; >at the end of the description. 



J Plant cultivated for use ; I 



o Cotyledons accumbent; i 



o| Cotyledons incumbent ; vused only in the Cruciferse. (Pa^ 34.) 



c)) Cotyledons coiidnplicate ; ) 



! (Note of exclamal ion), 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 >-after a number. 



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



f AUTHORS' NAMES CITED IN THIS WORK. 



A. DC. 



Ait. 



All. 



Anders. 



Arn. 



Aub. 



Bart. 



Rartl. 



Beauv. 



Benth. 



Bern/I. 



Berl. 



Bois. 



Bong. 



Borfc. 



Br. 



Bw. 



Cass. 



Cav. 



Cham. 



Darl. 



DC 



Desf. 



Dew. 



