AUTHORITIES FOR GENERIC TITLES. 



Fischer. A Russian botanist, and director of the 



Botanical Garden, St. Petersburg!!. 

 Flora Peru, for Flora Peruviana.. A work on the plants 



of Chili and Peru by Ruiz and 



Pavon, two Spanish botanists. 

 Flugge. A German writer on Grasses. 



Forskahl. A Danish naturalist who travelled in 



Arabia: 

 Forster. A traveller in the South Pacific Ocean. 



Fougeroux, for Fougeroux de Bondaroxa. A French bota- 

 nist of the last century. 

 Fries. A writer on Fungi in Sweden. 



Frcelich. *■ » A German writer upon Gentiana. 

 Funck. A German Cryptogamic botanist. 



Gartner. A German writer on the structure of 



fruit and seeds. 

 Gaudich. for Gaudicliaud. A French botanist and voyager. 

 Gill, for Gillies. A Scotch botanist. 

 Gingins. A French botanist. 



Gmelin. A Russian botanist and traveller in 



Siberia. 

 Grceffer. An English writer on Herbaceous plants. 



Graham, Dr. Formerly regius Professor of Botany at 



Edinburgh. 

 Greville. An English author on Cryptogamic 



botany. 

 Gronovius. A Dutch botanist. 



Holler. A botanist and physician of Switzerland. 



Hamilton. A Scotch botanist and Indian traveller, 



sometimes called Buchanan. 

 Harvey. A writer on Cryptogamic and Cape 



plants. 

 Haworth. An English writer on succulent plants. 



Hedwig. A German writer on Cryptogamic plants. 



Henslow. A Professor of botany at Cambridge. 



Heistcr. A German botanist. 



Herbert. An English writer on Amaryllidaceous 



plants. 

 Hilaire y A. de St. A French botanist and traveller in Brazil. 

 Hill. An English botanical writer. 



Hoffmann. A German botanical author. 



Holmskiold. A Danish botanist. 

 Hooker. Father and son, distinguished English 



botanists. 

 Hornemann. A Danish botanist. 

 Hort. Kew. for Hortus Kcwensis. A catalogue of the plants 



in the Royal Kew Gardens. 

 Host. An Austrian botanical writer. 



Hudson. An investigator of British plants. 



Humboldt and Bonpland. Botanists and travellers in 



America, &c. 



Jack. An English writer on the plants of the 



Indian Archipelago. 

 Jackson. An English botanist. 



Jacq. for Jacquin. An Austrian botanist. 

 Jussieu. A French systematical botanist. 



A traveller in Japan. 

 A Swedish pupil of Linngeus who tra- 

 velled in N. America. 



Kavlfuss. A German writer upon Ferns. 



Ker. A describer of plants in Bot. Reg. 



Kitaibel. A Hungarian botanist. 



Knoioles and Westcott. Editors of the Floral Cabinet. 



Koch. A professor of botany at Erlangen. 



Koenig. A German naturalist who travelled in the 



East Indies. 



Kunth. A Prussian botanist who assisted in the 



arrangement and publication of the 

 plants found in America by Humboldt 

 and Bonpland. 



Kunze. A German writer upon minute Crypto- 



gamic plants. 



Labillar. for Labillardie're. A French botanist, and tra- 

 veller in Syria, New Holland, &c. 



Lagasca. A botanist of Spain. 



La Llave. A Mexican botanist. 



Lamarck. A French naturalist who wrote largely 



upon botany about the end of the 

 eighteenth century. 



Lambert, A. B. An English patron of botany. 



Laiaoroux. A French writer upon marine plants. 



La Pet/rouse. A French writer on the plants of the 

 Pyrenees. 



Laxmann. A German botanical writer. 



Kcempfer. 

 Kalm. 



Ledebour. A botanist and traveller. 



Lehmann. A German botanist, and formerly di- 



rector of the Botanical Garden of 

 Hamburgh. 



Z'Herit. for L'Hc'riHer. A French botanist. 



Lindley. Late Professor of botany in University 



College, London. 



Link. A botanist of Prussia. 



Linn, for Linnceus. The great Swedish naturalist. 



Hex. for Llexarza. A Mexican botanist. 



Loddiges. Celebrated nurserymen. 



Lcesel. An old Prussian botanist, 



Laffling. A Swedish traveller and botanist. 



Loiseleur Beslongchamps. A French botanist. 



Loureiro. A Portuguese monk who wrote on the 



plants of Cochinchina. 



Lyngbye. A Danish writer on submarine Crypto- 



gamic plants. 



Marcgraav. One of the early naturalists who explored 

 Brazil. 



Martius. A Bavarian naturalist and traveller in 



Brazil. 



Mayer. Several German botanists. 



Medians. A German botanist. 



Merat. A French writer on the flowers of Paris. 



Meyer. A botanist of Germany. 



Mich, for Michaux. A French botanist who wrote on the 

 plants of North America. 



Micheli. A Florentine microscopical botanist, 



Mikan. A German author on the Brazilian Flora. 



Miller. One of the ablest scientific English gar- 



den botanists. 



Mirbel. A French physiological botanist. 



Moench. A German systematical botanist. 



Mohring. A writer on Cryptogamia in Germany. 



Molina. An Italian naturalist who wrote upon the 



flowers of Chili. 



Mougeot. A Cryptogamic botanist. 



Muhlenberg. A North American botanist. 



Murray. A German botanist. 



Mutis. A Spanish botanist and correspondent of 



- Linnaeus. 



Keeker. A German botanical writer. 



Nees. A German botanist and professor. 



Noronha. A Spanish botanist who visited the Philip- 



pines. 



Nuttall. An American traveller and botanist. 



Ortega. 

 Otth. 



A botanist of Spain. 



A French botanical writer. 



Palisot de Beauvois. A French botanist and traveller in 



Africa. 

 Panzer. A German botanist. 



Pavon. One of the authors of the Spanish Flora 



Peruviana. 

 Pax. for Sir J. Paxton. A great lover and promoter «f 



botany. 

 Pet's, for Penoon. A French botanist. 

 Pliny. An ancient naturalist. 



Plumiei: A French botanist and traveller in the 



West Indies. 

 Pohl. A botanist of Germany who travelled in 



Brazil. 

 Poiteau. A French artist and botanist. 



Ptippig and Endlicher. German botanists, the former a 



traveller in South America. 

 Presl. A German systematical botanist. 



Pursh. A Prussian gardener who wrote a Flora 



of North America. 

 Raddi. An Italian Cryptogamic botanist. 



RaHn. for Rofinesque. A North American botanical writer. 

 Ra<n.ond. A French botanist who wrote concerning 



the flowers of the Pyrenees. 

 Reich, for Rekhardt. A German botanist. 

 Reichenbach. A botanist of Germany. 

 Reinwardt. A botanist of Frankfort. 

 Fete. A German botanist who wrote on the 



flowers of Scandinavia. 

 Rheede. A Dutch gentleman under whose orders 



the Hortus Malabaricus was pub- 

 lished. 

 Rich, for Richard. A French botanist and traveller in 



Demerara. 

 Rivinus. A Gorman botanist. 



Robil. for Robillard. A French botanist. 



