EXPLANATORY HEMARKS, V 



Any one of the following letters coming after any of the above characters, de« 

 note the habit of the plant to be as follows, viz, 

 h. Large, e. g. L. T. a large tree- 

 S. Small, S. a small shrub, 

 E. Erect. 



B. Diffuse, or spreading much. 



C. Cespitose, spreading close on the ground ; and includes the Linnaean term prot* 

 iratus, or prostrate. 



Sar. Sarmento.se, such as produce long slender shoots, or runners ; with bunches 

 of leaves, and roots from their joints; like the Strawberry, &c. 



Cr. Creeping, or running alon 0 the ground, &c and sending forth roots as they ex* 

 tend themselves. 



R. Radicans, clinging to any other body for support, by means of fibres which 

 do not imbibe nourishment; as hy, &c. Smith's Introduction to Botany, p. 118. 



Sc. Scandent, or climbing ; such as cannot support themselves, but ascend, of 

 climb by means of tendrils, or otherwise. 



T. Twining (commonly called creepers,) ascending spirally round their prop. 



P. Parasitical, growing on some other plant, not on the ground, 



A. Aquatic= 



The two last columns, Time of Flowering ( Estivation ) and ripening their seed, 

 ( Maturation ;) to save room are also marked with the number of the month, or the 

 letters. 



C. S. The cool season ; from the beginning of November, to the end of February. 

 H. S. Hot season ; from the beginning of March, to the middle or end of June. 



D. S. Dry season; from the beginning of November, to the middle or end of 

 June. 



R. S. Rainy season; from the middle of June, or beginning of July, to the end 

 of October. 



Q . The whole year round. 



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