SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE MANUAL 

 AND TABLES. 



SIGNS. 



PtanU: Annual ; Q Biennial ; l^ Perennial ; Tj Woody. 

 F/moeis: cf Staminate; $ Pistillate; Perfect, or Monoclinous; 



" 0^ Monoecious ; cf ? Dioecious; cf 9 I'olygamous. 

 Floral Parts (stamens, pistils, petals, etc.) : Wanting; t» Indefinite, or more than 20. 

 Measure : ° Foot ; ' Inch ; " Line, or 12th of ap inch ; X Magnified. 

 Accent : ^ grave vowel sound, as in 6pen ; ' acute, as in dffiee. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Abbreviations of Months, Cardinal points, Countries, Cities, etc!, the student already 

 knows, or should learn from other sources. Abbreviations of botanical terms are as 



follows; 



Adh, adherent. 

 ^st. eeRtivation. 

 Ak. akaine. 

 Alt. alternate. 

 Amphit. amphitropous. 

 Amplex. aniplexicaul. 

 Anat. anatropous. 

 Anom. anomalous. 

 Anth. anlher, s. 

 Antit. antitropous. 

 Ar. Arabic. 

 Ax. axile. axillary. 



Bot. botanist. 

 Br. branch. 

 Bra. bract, s. 



Caduc. caducous. 

 Cal. calyx. 

 Calyc. calyculate. 

 Carapyl. campylotropous. 

 Caps, capsule. 

 Cat. catkin, s. 

 Celt. Celtic. 

 Centrif. centrifugal. 

 Centrip. centripetal. 

 CIus. cluster, e, ed. 

 Cor. corolla. 



Decid. deciduous. 

 Dehisc. dehiscent, dehis- 

 cence. 

 Biam. diameter. 

 Div. division. 



Ellip. elliptical. 

 Emarg. emarginate. 

 Emb. embryo. 



Kpig. epigynous. 

 Et. evergreen. 

 ExBtip. exstipulate. 



F. Frpnch. 



Fasc. fascicle, fasciculate. 



Fil. filament, s. 



Fl. flower, a. 



Fr. fruit ; Ft. feet. 



Fug. fugacious. 



Gael. Gaelic. 

 Gen. genus, genera. 

 Ger. German. 

 Glom. glomernle. 

 Gr. Greek. 



Hd. he^d, s. 

 Hypog. hypogynous. 



Imb. imbricate. 

 Indehisc. indehiscent. 

 Inf. inferior. 

 Infl. inflorescence. 

 Int. internal. 

 Invol. involucre. 

 Trreg. irregular. 

 It. Italian. 



L. Latin. 

 Leg. legume, s. 

 Lf. leaf ; Lvs. leaves. 

 Lft. leaflet, s. 

 Loc. loculicidal. 

 Lorn, loment, s. 



0pp. opposite. 

 Orbic. orbicular. 



Ord. order. 



Orthot. orthotropous. 



Ov. ovule ; Ova. ovary. 



Pap. pappus, pappose. 

 Fed. peduncle. 

 Perig. perigynouB. 

 Persis. persistent. 

 Pet. petal, s. 



Bacraceme; Bad. radicle. 



Beg. regular. 



Rep. representative. 



Rhiz. rhizoma. 



Rt. root ; Ets. roots. 



Sd. seed ; Sds. seeds. 

 Sec. section; Seg. seg- 

 ment, B. 

 Sep. sepal ; Sepa. separate. 

 Septicid. septicidal. 

 Septif. septifragal. 

 Sev. several. 

 Sp. Spanish. 

 Spa. Rpadix ; Spi. spike. 

 Spec, species. 

 St. stem ; Sta. stamen, s. 

 Stip. stipule, s, stipulate. 

 Sty. style. 

 Sup. superior. 



Term, terminal. 

 Trans, transverse. 



Umb. umbel, umhellate. 



Valv. valvate. 

 Vers, versatile. 

 Vert. v«rtical. 



