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Jussieu ; DC. or De Oand. for De CandoUe ; Br. for Brown ; 

 Lindl. for Lindley ; Bich. for Richard ; Willd. for Willdenow ; 

 HooA-. for Hooker ; With, for Withering ; Endl. for Endlicher ; 

 Bah. for Babington ; BerJc. for Berkley, &c., &c. 



It is common to put such abridged names after that of the 

 genus or species which lias been described by them respectively. 

 Thus Eriocaulon, L. indicates that the genus Eriocaulon was 

 first described by Linnjeus ; Miltonia, Lindl. is the genus Mil- 

 tonia as defined by Lindley ; Nupliar pumiila, DC. is the species 

 of Nuphar defined by De Candolle, &c., &c. 



Other abbreviations in common use are Bad. for root ; Caul. 

 for stem ; Fl. for fiower ; Cal. for calyx ; Cor. for corolla ; Per. 

 for perianth ; i^'r. for fruit ; Or(?. for order ; Gew. for genus ; 8p. 

 or Spec, for species ; Var. for variety ; Sah. for habitat ; Herb. 

 for herbarium, &c. 



