ABBKEVIATIONS. 



XI 



IRochel Superintendent of the garden at Pesth. 



Rolander.. A botanist of Sweden. 



RGmer and Schvltes. German botanists, and editors of the 

 Systema Vegetabilium of Linnaaus. 



Roscoe, An English botanical author. 



Roth. A German writer on botany. 



Rottbs. I. A Danish botanist. 



Mox. for Roxburgh. A botanist of India, formerly in 

 charge of the botanic garden, Cal- 

 cutta. 



Royen. A Dutch botanist. 



Royle. An Indian Botanist. 



Rudge. An English botanical amateur. 



Rudolph. A German botanist. 



Ruiz and Pavon. Authors of Flora Peruviana. 



Rumphius. A botanist, author of the Herbarium 



Amboinense. 



Salis. for Salisbury. An English botanist. 



Salm Dyck for the Prince of Salm Dyck. An illustrious 



German amateur. 

 Savi. A botanist of Italy. 



Schkahr. A German writer on grasses. 



Schleeh. for ScMechtendahl. A German botanist. 

 Schmidt. A Bohemian botanjst. 



Schousb. for Schousboe. A Danish consul at Tangiers, 



author of a work pn Morocco plants. 

 Schroder. A German botanist. 



Schrank. A Bavarian botanist. 



Schreber. A botanist of Germany. 



Schultz. A German botanist. 



Schumacher. A Danish botanist, who described many 



Sierra Leone plants. 

 Scopoli. A botanist of Italy who wrote on the 



flowers of Carniola. 

 Seringe. A French botanist. 



Sibt/iorp. An English traveller in Greece, and 



botanist. 

 Sims. An English garden botanist. 



Smith, Sir J. E. An English botanist, founder of the Lin- 



nsean Society. 

 Solander. A botanist of Sweden who sailed round 



the world with Banks and Cook. 



Sonnerat A French traveller in the East Indies. 



A French botanist, writer in the Annales 



des Sciences Naturelles. 

 A Swedish traveller at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Sprengel. A German botanist and antiquary. 



Stackhouse. An English writer on marine plants; 



Sternberg. A noble botanist of Germany. 



Steven. A Russian botanist. ( 



St. Hilaire. A French botanist. 



Swartz. A Swedish botanist who viBited the West- 



Indies, and published An account of 

 the native plants. 



Sweet. An English garden botanist. 



Thouars for Du Petit Thouars. A French physiologist and 

 traveller in Madagascar. 



Thun. for Thunberg. A Swedish botanist and traveller. 



Tode. A German author on Fungi. 



Tournefort. An ancient French traveller and botanist. 



2'rentepohl. A botanist of Germany. 



Trinius. A Russian writer on Gramineae. 



Turpin. A French botanist and draughtsman. 



Turret. A botanist of Italy. 



Fahl. A Danish botanical author. 



Vaillant. A French traveller and botanist. 



Vandelli. A botanist of Portugal who wrote on the 



plants of Brazil. 



Vauch. for Voucher. A Swiss writer on Conferva?. 



Vellozo. A Brazilian botanist. 



Ventenot. A French garden botanist. v 



Villars. A botanist of. France who wrote on the 



plants of Dauphiny. 



Wahleriberg. A German botanist. ' 



Wallich. Formerly SuperintendemVof the Calcutta 



botanic garden. 

 Walter. A writer on the plants of Cajoling,. 



Weber. A German Cryptogamic botanist. 



Wendland. A German garden botanist. 

 Willd. for Willdenow. A Prussian botanical writer. 



Zea. 

 Zuccarini. 



A botanist of Spain. 



A distinguished botanist. 



ABBKEVIATIONS. 



FIRST COLUMN. 



COLOURS OF THE FLOWERS. 



bh. 

 bid. 

 blk. . 

 blu. 



brk. eld. . 

 br. brn. 

 brnsh. 

 br. brt. 

 carm. 

 crim. . 

 dk. drk. . 

 gn. gr. grn. 

 grnsh. gsh. 

 lgt. It. . 

 li. lil. 

 or. oran. 

 pa. . 

 pnk. . 

 . pksh. 

 pur. 



pursh. purpsh 

 •rich p. 

 rdsh. 

 ro. 

 saff. 



destitute of conspicuous 



blush. 



blood-coloured. 



black or blackish. 



blue or bluish, 



brick red. 



brown. 



brownish. 



bright. 



carmine-coloured. 



crimson. 



dark. 



green. 



greenish. 



light. 



lilac-coloured. 



orange-coloured. 



pale. 



pink. 



pinkish. 



purple. 



purplish. 



rich purple. 



reddish. 



rose-coloured. 



saffron-coloured. 



salm. 



scar. scr. 



spot. 



strip. . 



varieg. 



vermil. 



vio. . 



wht. w. wlitsh. 



yel. . 



yelsh. ysh. . 



salmon-coloured. 



scarlet. 



spotted. 



striped. 



variegated. 



vermilion-coloured. 



violet-coloured. 



white or whitish. 



yellow. 



yellowish. 



SECOND COLUMN. 



PERIOD OF FLOWERING. 



January. 

 February. 

 March. 

 April. 

 May. 

 June. 

 July. 

 August. 

 September. 

 October. 

 November. 

 12 December. 



