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Kbr — John Bellenden Ker (or Gawler) ? -1871. England. 

 Klatt — Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt, a contemporaneous botanist. Ger- 

 many. 

 Koch — Karl Koch, 1809-1879. Germany. 

 Kunth — See HBK. 

 Lam. — Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monnet Lamarck, 1744-1829, 



author of the Lamarckian philosophy of organic evolution. France. 

 Le Conte — John Eaton Le Conte, 1784-1860. Pennsylvania. 

 Ledeb. — Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 1785-1851. Russia. 

 Lehm. — Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, 1792-1860. Germany. 

 Lem. — Charles Lemaire, 1800-1871. Belgium. 

 L'Her. — C. L. L'Heritier de Brutelle, 1746-1800. France. 

 Linden — J. Linden, 1817- . Belgium. 

 Lindl. —John Lindley, 1799-1865. England. 

 Link — Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851. Germany. 

 Linn. — Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linne), 1707-1778, the "Father of 



Botany," and author of binomial nomenclature. Sweden. 

 Linn. f. — Carl von Linne, the son, 1741-1783. Sweden. 

 Lodd. — Conrad Loddiges, nurseryman near London, in the early part of 



this century. 

 Loisel. — Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 1774-1849. 



France. 

 Lour. — Juan Loureiro, 1715-1796, Missionary in China. Portugal. 

 Marsh. — Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Pennsylvania. 

 Maxim. — Karl Johann Maximowicz, 1827-1891. Russia. 

 Meisn. — Karl Friedrich Meisner (or Meissner) , 1800-1874. Switzerland. 

 Met. — Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 1791-1851. Prussia. 

 Michx. — Andre Michaux, 1746-1802. France, but for ten years a resident 



in North America. 

 Michx. f . — Francois Andre Michaux, the son, 1770-1855. France. 

 Mill. —Phillip Miller, 1691-1771. Garden-author of Chelsea, England. 

 Miq.— Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, 1811-1871. Holland. 

 Moench — Konrad Moench, 1744-1805. Germany. 

 Moq. —Alfred Moquin-Tandon, 1804-1863. France. 

 Muhl. — Henry Ludwig Muhlenberg, 1756-1817. Pennsylvania. 

 Murr. — Johann Andreas Murray, 1740-1791. Germany. 

 Nees. — Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck, 1776-1858. Prussia. 

 Nutt. — Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859. Massachusetts. 

 Ortega, Ort. — Casimiro Gomez Ortega, 1740-1818. Spain. 

 Otto — Friedrich Otto, 1782-1856. Germany. 

 Pall. — Peter Simon Pallas, 1741-1811, professor and explorer in Russia. 



Germany. 

 Paxt. — Joseph Paxton, 1802-1865. England. 

 Pbrs. — Christian Hendrick Persoon, 1765-1837. Germany. 

 Planch. — Jules Emile Planchon, Professor at Montpellier. France. 

 Poir. — Jean Louis Marie Poiret, 1755-1834. France. 

 Presl — Karel Boriwog Presl, 1794-1852. Bohemia. 

 Pursh — Fredrick T. Pursh, 1774-1820. Siberia, but for twelve years 



a resident in the United States. 

 Raddi — Giuseppe Raddi, 1770-1829. Italy. 

 Rap. — Constantino Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1784-1842, Professor 



of Natural History at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. 

 R. Br. — Robert Brown, 1773-1858. England. 



Reich. — Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, 1793-1879. Germany. 

 Rich. — John Richardson, 1787-1865. Scotland. 

 Richard — Louis Claude Marie Richard, 1754-1821. France. 

 Riddell — John Leonard Riddell, 1807-1866, Professor of Chemistry in 



Cincinnati and New Orleans. Massachusetts. 



