LOUDON'S HORTUS BRITANNICUS. 



A CATALOGUE 



ALL T HE PLANTS 



INDIGENOUS, CULTIVATED IN, OR INTRODUCED TO 



BRITAIN. r: 

 By the late J. C. LOUDON, F.L., H., G. & Z.S. 



PART I. 



THE NATURAL AHHANGEMENT 



OF NEARLY 4,000 GENERA, 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL SYSTEM, AND A GENERAL DESCRIPTION 

 AND HISTORY OF EACH ORDER. 



PART II. 



THE LINNiEAN AERAWGEMENT, 



IN WHICH NEARLY 30,000 SPECIES ARE ENUMERATED : 



WITH THE SYSTEMATIC NAME AND AUTHORITY, 

 ACCENTUATION, DERIVATION OF GENERIC NAMES, LITERAL ENGLISH OF SPECIFIC NAMES, 

 SYNONYMES SYSTEMATIC AND ENGLISH OF BOTH GENERA AND SPECIES, 

 HABIT, HABITATION IN THE GARDEN, INDIGENOUS HABITATION, 

 POPULAR CHARACTER, HEIGHT, TIME OF FLOWERING, COLOUR OF THE FLOWER, 



NATIVE COUNTRY, YEAR OF INTRODUCTION, AND REFERENCE TO FIGURES ; 

 PRECEDED BY 



AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LINNiEAN SYSTEM. 



A NEW EDITION, 



WITH A SUPPLEMENT INCLUDING ALL THE NEW PLANTS DOWN TO MARCH, 1850, 

 AND A NEW GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK. 



Edited by MRS. LOUDON, 



ASSISTED BY WILLIAM H. BAXTER AND ^DAVID WOOSTER. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



1850. 



