NOMENCLATURE. 



The first part of the name of a plant designates the genus to 

 .which it belongs, or is generic; the second part belongs to the 

 particular species, or is specific; but both words are necessary 

 for the designation of the plant or species. The literature of 

 systematic botany is so voluminous, however, that, in order to 

 identify the plant names and to aid in tracing them to their 

 origins, it is necessary to cite the author of the name along with 

 the name itself. In accordance with the method in Gray's 

 botanies, this author is understood to' be the one who first used 

 the two names together ; that is, he is the author of the com- 

 plete name or combination and not necessarily of either part 

 of it. The full names of the authors most frequently cited in 

 this book are here given : 



Adans. — Michel Adanson, 1727-1806. France. 



A. DC— Alphonse De Candolle, 1806-1893. Switzerland. (See DC.) 



Ait. — William Aiton, 1731-1793. England. 



Ait. f. — William Townsend Aiton, the son, 1766-1849. England. 



All. —Carlo Allioni, 1725-1804. Italy. 



Andr. — Henry C. Andrews, author of The Botanist's Repository at the 

 opening of the century. England. 



Arn. — George Arnold Walker Arnott, 1799-1868. Scotland. 



Baker. — John Gilbert Baker, 1834- , keeper of the Herbarium of 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, England. 



Bart. —William P. C. Barton, 1787-1856. Pennsylvania. 



Bartr., Bartram. — William Bartram, 1739-1823. Pennsylvania. 



Beauv. — Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph Palisot de Beauvois, 1755- 

 1820. France. 



Beck — Lewis C. Beck, 1798-1853. New York. 



Benth. — George Bentham, 1800-1884. England. 



Benth. & Hook. — Bentham (George) and Hooker (J. D.), authors of 

 Genera Plantarum. England. 



Bernh. — Johann Jacob Bernhardi, 1774-1850. Prussia. 



Bieb. — Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, 1768-1826. Ger- 

 many. 



Big el. — Jacob Bigelow, 1787-1879. Massachusetts. 



Blume — Karl Ludwig Blume, 1796-1862. Holland. 



Boiss. — Edmond Boissier, 1810-1886. Switzerland. 



Bojer — W. Bojer, 1800-1856, author of a Flora of Mauritius. Austria. 



Britton — Nathaniel Lord Britton, Professor in Columbia College. New 

 York. 



Brong. — Adolphe Theodore Brongniart, 1801-1876. France. 



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