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*Ncwm. Edwd. Newman, author of works on British Ferns. 

 Nutt. D. Nuttall, a North American botanist. 



Plum. Car. Plumier, a French botanist and traveller in the West 

 Indies. " Plum. Fil.," figures and descriptions of Ferns, chiefly 

 of the French West India Islands, 1666. 



Poir. M. Poiret, a French botanical compiler. 



Presl. G. B. Preil, Professor of Botany, Prague ; a famous Pteri- 

 dologist ; " Eeliqua Haenkaeana," figures and descriptions of 

 Ferns collected by the traveller Haenke ; " Tent. Pterid.," a 

 new arrangement of the genera of Ferns, 1836 ; " EpimeliaB 

 Botanicse," figures and descriptions of Ferns, being an addenda 

 to the preceding. 



Pursh. Frederick Pursh, author of a " Flora of North America.'' 



Badd. J. Baddi, a German botanist, who travelled in Brazil ; 



" Fil. Bras.," figures and descriptions of Brazilian Ferns, 1825. 

 Baoul. M. M. E. Raoul, a French botanist and writer on New 



Zealand Ferns. 

 *Begel. — Begel, Director of the Imperial Garden, St. Petersburg, 



1866. 

 Rett. A. J. Betzius, a German botanist and writer on plants of 



Ceylon. 

 Bheede. IP. van Bheede, a Dutch botanist ; " Hortus Indicus 



Malabaricus," a large work on the plants of Malabar, 1703. 

 Beicherib. — Beichenbach, a German botanist ; " Flora Germanica." 

 Beinw. — Beinwardt, Professor of Botany, Leyden, and traveller 



and collector of plants in Java and other Malayan islands. 

 Bemy in Gay. Bemy, an authority in CI. Gay's " Flora of Chili." 

 Bich. L. C. Richard, a writer on the plants of Guiana. 

 Both. A. G. Both, a celebrated German botanist and writer on 



Ferns. 

 Boxb. Dr. Boxburgh, an English botanist ; " Observations on St. 



Helena Ferns."' 

 *B. T. Lowe. B. T. Lowe, a writer on Madeira Ferns. 

 Budge. E. Rudge, author of a work on the plants of Guiana. 



Schk. C. Schkuhr, a Dutch botanist ; " Crypt. Schk.," crypto- 



gamia; figures of Ferns ; " Crypt. Supp.," supplement of the 



above, continued by Kunze. 

 Schlecht. D. F. L. Schlechtendahl, Professor of Botany in Berlin ; 



Schlecht. Adumb. "Adumbratio Plantarum," figures and 



descriptions of South African Ferns. 

 Sehott. Heinrich Schott, Director Royal Gardens, Vienna ; "Schott 



Gen. Fil.," the genera, illustrated by figures. 

 Schreb. J. C. Schreber, a German botanist. 

 Schum. — Schumacher, a writer on plants of Guinea. 



