APPENDIX 



Of the Sigks and Abkeviatioks employed in Botanical Weitings. 



Linna;us adopted the following signs for designating the duration of a 

 plant, viz. : — 



© An annual plant. 

 ^ A biennial plant. 

 21 A jjerennial herb. 

 T^ A shrub or tree. 



Among the signs recently introduced, the following have come into 

 general use : — 



O A monocai-pic (once-flowering) plant, whether annual or biennial. 



(J) An annual plant. 



@ A biennial plant. 



21 A perennial herb. 



Tri A plant with a woody stem. 



^ A staminate flower, or plant. 



$ A pistillate flower, or plant. 



^ A perfect flower, or a plant bearing perfect Bowel's. 



! The exclamation point is employed as the counterpart of the note of 

 interrogation. When it follows the name of an author appended to 

 the name of a plant, it imports that an authentic specimen of the 

 t)lant in question, under this name, has been examined by the writer : 

 When it is appended to a locality, it signifies that the writer has seen or 

 collected specimens of the plant from that locality, &e. 



? The note of interrogation is employed to denote doubt or uncertain- 

 ty ; and is affixed either to a generic or specific name, or to that of an 

 author or locality cited. 



* As used by De CandoUe, indicates that a good description is found at 

 the reference to which it is appended. It is not in common use. 

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