AUTHORITIES FOR GENERIC TITLES. 



Abel. A traveller in China, and author of a 



work on Chinese plants. ■ 

 Ach. for Acharius. A Swedish botanist and student of 



Lichens. 

 Adams, F. A Russian botanist and traveller in 



Siberia. 

 Adanson. A French traveller and botanist. 



A/zelius. A professor in Sweden, and traveller in 



Sierra Leone. 

 Agardh. A Swedish professor, bishop, and writer 



on Algaceous plants. 

 Ailbn* The former manager of the Royal Kew 



Gardens. 

 Albertini. Author of some dissertations on Fungi. 



ALlioni. A botanist of Italy. 



Ammann. A Russian botanist. 



Anderson. A London writer on Pseonies. 



Andr. for Andrews. An eminent English botanical artist. 

 Andrzyowski. A Russian botanist. 

 Ard. for Ardnini. An Italian botanist. 

 AubUt. A Frenchman who travelled in Cuiana. 



Balbi*. A French professor of botany. 



Bancroft. A physician resident in Jamaica, 



Banks. A celebrated English traveller and pro- 



moter of science. 



Bartl. for Bartling. A botanist of Gottingen. 



Barton. Once a professor at Philadelphia. 



Bat. for Batard. A writer on the botany of France. 



Batfch. A writer on Fungi. 



Bauhin, Caspar. A German botanist of the sixteenth 

 century, 



Baumgarten. A botanist of Transylvania. 



Beauvois for Palisot de Beauvois. A French botanist and 

 ■traveller in Africa. 



Bell, for Bellardi. An Italian botanist. 



Benth. for Bentham. An English botanist, and formerly 

 secretary to the London Horticul- 

 tural Society. - 



BergiuK. A Swede, and writer on Cape plants. 



Berkeley. An English clergyman and writer on 



Fungi. 



Bernhardi. A botanist of Italy. 



Bertoloni. A writer on Italian plants. 



Besser. A professor in Russia. 



Bieberstein. A Russian botanist, and writer upon the 

 plants of Caucasus. 



Bivona. A Sicilian botanist. 



Blume. A Dutch botanist and traveller in Java. 



Boerhaave. A Dutch botanist and physician. 



Bbhmer. A German writer on botany. 



Boiss. for Boissier. A Swiss botanist. 



Bojer. A botanist of the Mauritius. 



Bolton. An English writer on Fungi. 



Bonpland. A French traveller and botanist. 



Borkhausen. An examiner of the plants of Hesse 

 Darmstadt. 



Bory for Bory de St. Vincent. A French botanist and 

 traveller. 



Bosc. A French botanist. 



Bot. Mag. for Botanical Magazine. A periodical com- 

 menced by Curtis, and afterwards 

 conducted by Sir "William Hooker, 

 and at present by Dr. Hooker. 



Bot. Reg. for Botanical Register. A botanical monthly 

 periodical, commenced by Ker, and 

 afterwards conducted by Dr. Lindley. 



Bot. Rep. for Botanical Repository. A botanical perio- 

 dical, formerly conducted by An- 

 drews and others. 

 Bouch. for Boucher. A writer on the French Flora. 

 Bridel. -A- German author on Mosses. 



Brignoli. A botanist of Verona. 



Brnngniart. A botanist of France. 



Bradey. An old English writer on Fungi. 



Brotero. A Portuguese botanist. 



Brouss. for Broussonet. A French botanist. 



Browne, Patrick. An Irish botanist and writer on the 



plants of Jamaica. 

 Brown, R. An English botanist and traveller in New 



Holland. 

 Bulliard. A Frenchman, and investigator of Fungi. 



Burmann. A Dutch writer on botany, and. patron of 



Linnaeus. 



Ccesalp. for Cmsalpinus. An Italian botanist. 

 Carmichael. A Scotch botanist. 

 Cassini, H. A French writer on Composite plants. 



Cavanilles. A botanist at Madrid. 



Cliamisso, A German traveller and botanist. 



Choisy. A botanist of Switzerland. 



Clus. for Clusius. An old French botanist. 

 Colebrook. An English writer on the Flora of India. 



Colladon, J. F. A botanist of Geneva. 

 Commelin. A botanist of Holland. 



Commerson. A French traveller and botanist. 

 Corda. A German botanist. 



Correa for Correa de Strra. A Portuguese botanist, dip- 

 . lomatist, and writer on botanical 



subjects. 

 Cmlter. An Irish physician and traveller in 



Mexico. 

 Crantz. An Austrian botanist. 



Cunn. A. for A. Cunningham. A British collector for the 



Kew Gardens. 

 Cusson. A Swiss observer of Umbelliferae. 



Gyrilli. An Italian botanist. 



Dec. for Becandolle. Father, son, and grandson, eminent 

 botanists, of Geneva. 



Belile. A French professor and traveller. 



Desfon. for Desfontainei. A French traveller and botanist 

 in Algiers. 



Desmazieres. A botanist of France. 



Desvaux. A French botanist. 



Dickson. An English examiner of Cryptogiimia. 



Dillenius. A German' writer on botany, especially 



Mosses, settled in England and was 

 gardener to' Sherard, at Eltham. 



Dilhoyn. An English investigator of Confervas. 



Dittmarr.- A botanist of Holland. 



Dombey. A French traveller in S. America. 



Bon, D. Formerly librarian to the Linnrean So- 



ciety and botanist. 



Bon, G. An English botanist and traveller. 



Douglas. A collector of plants in North America 



for the Horticultural Society of London. 



Bryander. A Swedish botanist, and long librarian 



to Sir Joseph Banks. 



Dufr. for Bufresne. A French writer on Valerians. 



Duh. for Duhamel. A French physiological botanist. 



Dumont for Dumont Courset. A French gardening author. 



Dunal. A French botanist. 



Buroi. A German writer upon plants. 



Duval. A French professor of botany. 



E. Botany for English Botany. A periodical containing 

 coloured figures of British plants by 

 Sowei'by, Sir J. E. Smith, and others. 



Ehrhart. A botanist of Germany. 



Elliot. An American botanist who wrote on the 



plants of Carolina. 



Ellis. An English writer on marine plants. 



Endlicher. A German botanist. 



Esper. A German writer on Fungi. 



Ettlinger. A German writer on Salvia, 



Fenzl. An Austrian botanist. 



FeuilU. A French Jesuit who wrote on the plants 



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