ABBREVIATIONS MOST COMMON IN BOTANY. 



are 3 sepals, 8 petals, 3 stamens, and 3 

 carpels, or the flower is said to be tri- 

 merous ; with 4, tetramerous ; with 5 

 penptmerou.% etc. 



? signifies doubt. 



! placed after a synonym signifies that the 

 author who uses it lias seen the plant al- 

 luded to. 



v. s. s., vidi siccam spontaneam; the 

 author has seen a w"ild, dry specimen. 



v. s. c, vidi siccam cultam; the au- 

 thor lias seen a cultivated dry specimen. 



v. v. s., vidi vivam spontaneam ; the 

 author has seen a living, wild specimen. 



The above are commonly used by writers on Botany, but only the 

 first four are used in this work. 



Besides the above, the names of authors are abbreviated, tising the 

 initial letter or the first syllable. The following are the most common 

 used in this work : 









An annual plant 





J 



A biennial plant. 





u 



Perennial plant. 





i} 



Shrubs or trees. 





s 



Staminate flowers. 





£ 



Pistillate flowers. 





9 



Flowers perfect. 





CO 



An indefinite number. 



a- 



-? 



Flowers monoecious. 



$ 



: ? 



Flowers dioecious. 



$ — »■ 



-s 



Flowers polygamous. 



s/ Th 



s fi 



sure with a number in the an- 



gle B 



gnifies the number of floral organs 



in a 



win 



rl ; thus y/ signifies that there 



A <1ns. — Adanson. 

 Ait. — Aiton. 

 Arn. — Arnot. 

 Aubl.— Aublet. 

 Bart — Barton. 

 Beauv. — Beauvois. 

 Benth. — Bentham. 

 Brong. — Brongniart. 

 Cass. — CassinL 

 Cav. — C.-ivanilles. 

 D. C— De Candolle. 

 Des£ — Dt-sfontuines. 

 Dew. — Dewey. 

 Dill.— Dillenius. 

 Ehrh. — Khrhart. 

 Ell.— Elliott. 

 Endl. — Endlicher. 



Gsert. — Gsertner. 



Grew — Greville. 



Gris. — Grisebach. 



Gron. — Gronovius. 



lied.— Hedwig. 



Jacq. — Jacquin. 



Juss. — Jussieu. 



L. — Linnsens. 



Lam. — Lamark. 



L'Her. — L'Heritier. 



Lindl. — Lindley. 



Mich. — Mi'jhaux. 



Mill.— Miller. 



Muhl.— Muhlenberg. 



Nees. — Nees von Esenbeck. 



Nntt.— Nnttall. 



Pav. — Pavou. 



Pers.— Persoon. 

 Plum. — Plumier. 

 Poir. — Poire t. 

 Br. — Brown. 

 Kaf.— Kafinesque. 

 Eich.— Richard. 

 Salis. — Salisbury. 

 Schreb. — Schreber. 

 Scop. — Scopoli. 

 Solan. — Solander. 

 Sprenir. — Sprengel. 

 T. & G.— Torrey & Gray. 

 Tourn. — Tournefort. 

 Vuill.— Vailhtnt. 

 Vent. — Ventenat. 

 Walt.— Walter. 

 "Willd.— Willdenow. 



