AUTHORITIES FOR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 
Forst. 
Fr. 
Frax. 
Frol. 
Funck. 
Gae., Gcert. 
Gay. 
Gleditsch. 
Gmel., Gm. 
Gouan. 
Gr., Grev., 
Greville. 
Hal. 
Hiinke. 
Haw. 
Hayne. 
Hedw. 
Heist. 
Herb. 
Herit. 
Hill. 
H.K. 
Hqff:,Hq0m 
Holmsk. 
Hook. 
Hoppe. 
Horn., Hor- 
nem. 
Hort. 
Host. 
H. Par. 
Httd., Huds. 
Humb. 
Jack., Jacks. 
Ja., Jac, 
Jacq. 
Jon. 
J., Juss, 
Kaulf. 
Ker. 
Kit. 
Kn. Fr. 
Kon. 
Kunth. 
Kunx. 
Lag. 
Lam. 
La Fey r.. 
Lap. 
Lawr. 
Lax. 
Ledeb. 
Lehm. 
L.fil. 
L'Her. 
Lightf. 
Lind.,Lindl. 
L.K. 1 
Lk., Link.S 
L., Linn. 
Lob. 
Lodd. 
Loe. 
Forster. A traveller in the South Seas 
with Captain Cook. 
Fries. A Swedish botanist, and writer 
upon Fungi 
Fraxer. A gardener and collector of 
plants in North America. 
Frolich. A German writer upon Gen- 
ti^na. 
Funck. A German cryptogamic botanist. 
GcBTtner. A celebrated German carpo- 
logist. 
Gay. A French botanist, 
Gleditsch. A German botanist. 
Gmelin. A Russian botanist, and tra- 
veller in Siberia. 
Gouan. A French botanist. 
Greville. An English botanist, and 
writer upon cryptogamic plants. 
Hales. A distinguished English writer 
upon physiological botany. 
Hcenke. A German botanical writer. 
Hawoi-th. An English writer upon suc- 
culent plants. 
Hayne. A German botanist. 
Hedwig. A German cryptogamic bo- 
tanist. 
Heister. A German botanist. 
Of the Herbarium. 
Heritier. A French botanist. 
Hill. An English compiler of botanical 
matters. 
Hortus Keivensis. A catalogue of the 
plants growing in the King's garden 
at Kew. 
, Hoffmann. A German writer upon Um- 
belliferce, &c. 
Holmskiold. A Danish botanist. 
Hooker. An English botanist, and pro- 
fessor at Glasgow. 
Hoppe. A German botanist, and col- 
lector of plants. 
Hornemann. A Danish botanist and 
professor. 
Of the gardens. 
Host. An Austrian writer upon Grapes 
and European plants. 
Of the Paris garden. 
Hudson. An English writer upon Bri- 
tish plants. 
Humboldt. A celebrated Prussian tra- 
veller and philosopher. 
Jackson. An English botanist. 
Jacquin. An Austrian traveller in South 
America, and botanist. 
Jones. An accomplished writer upon 
Indian matters. 
Jussieu. A celebrated French system- 
atic botanist. 
Kaulfuss. A German writer upon 
Ferns. 
Ker. An English garden botanist. 
Kitaibel. A Hungarian botanist. 
Knight's Proteacece. 
Konig. Several German naturalists of 
this name. 
Kunth. A Prussian botanist, 
Kunxe. A German cryptogamic bo- 
tanist. 
Lagasca. A Spanish botanist and pro- 
fessor. 
Lamarck. A French botanist. 
La Peyrousc. A French writer upon the 
plants of the Pyrenees. 
Lawrence (Miss). An English flower 
painter. 
Laxmann. A German writer on Sibe- 
rian plants. 
Ledebur. A botanist, and traveller in 
Siberia. 
Lehmann. A German botanist. 
LinncEus the younger. The son of the 
great Linn<Eus. 
L'' Heritier. A French botanist. 
Lightfoot. A writer upon the Scottish 
Flora. 
Lindley. An English botanist, and pro- 
fessor in London. 
Link. A Prussian botanist. 
Link. 
Linnceus. The celebrated Swedish re- 
former of natural history. 
Lobel. An old writer upon plants. 
Loddiges. English nurserymen and bo- 
tanists. 
Loesel, An old Prussian botanist. 
Lois. Loiseleur Deslongchamps. A French bo- 
tanist. 
Lour. Loureiro. A Portuguese traveller in 
Cochin China. 
L. T. Linnean Society's Transactions. 
Lyngb. Lyngbye. A Danish writer upon cryp- 
togamic matters. 
Marcg. Marcgraan. An old Dutch traveller in 
Brazil. 
Mart. Martins. A Bavarian botanist, and tra- 
veller in Brazil. 
Mass. Masson. A collector of plants at the 
Cape, and elsewhere. 
Mayer. Mayer. Several German botanists of 
this name. 
M. B. Marschall v. Bieberstein. A v/riter upon 
Russian botany. 
Med. Medicus. A German botanist of the last 
century. 
Menx. Menxies. A Scotch botanist, and tra- 
veller round the world with Van- 
couver. 
Mert. Mertens. A German professor. 
Mey. Meyer. A German botanist. 
Mi., Mich. Michaux. A French botanist, and tra- 
veller in North America. 
Mik. Mikan. A German writer on Brazilian 
plants. 
Mill, Miller. An English gardener and bo- 
tanist. 
Mir. Mirbel. A French physiological botanist. 
Mohr. Mohr. A German cryptogamic writer. 
Mol. Molina. An Italian writer upon the 
natural history of Chili. 
M'dnch. Mcinch. A German botanist. 
Morett. Moretti. 
Moug. Mougeot. A German cryptogamic bo- 
tanist. 
Muhl.,Mhl. Muhlenberg. A North American bo- 
tanist. 
Murr. Murray. A German botanist. 
Mutis. Mutis. A Spanish botanist, resident in 
New Grenada. 
Mx. Michaux. See above. 
Neck. Necker. A German writer upon botani- 
cal afFairs 
Nees. Nees v. Esenbeck. A German botanist. 
Nois. Noisette. A French nurseryman. 
Nor. Noronha. A Spanish botanist who visited 
Madagascar. 
Nutt. NuttaU. A North American botanist. 
Ort. Ortega. A Spanish botanist. 
Otth. Otth. A French writer in DecandoUe's 
Prodromus. 
Otto. Otto. A Prussian gardener. 
Pall. Pallas. A Russian traveller and na- 
turalist. 
Panx. Panxer. A German botanist. 
P.deB.,Pal. Palisot de Beauvois. A French botanist, 
deBeauv. and traveller in Africa. 
Pers. Persoon. A German botanist. 
Pet. Petiver. An old English botanist. 
Pet. Th. Du Petit Thouars. A French botanist, 
and traveller in Madagascar. 
Ph., Psh. Pursh. A Prussian botanist, and tra- 
veller in North America. 
P. L. Paradisus Londinensis. 
Plin. Pliny. An ancient writer upon natural 
history. 
Plu. Plumier. A French botanist, and tra- 
veller in the West Indies. 
Poir. Poiret. A French botanical compiler. 
Poit. Poiteau. A French botanist and draughts- 
man. 
Poll. Pollich. A German writer on the plants 
of the Palatinate. 
Pour. Pourret. A French botanist. 
P. S. Persoon' s Synopsis. 
Raddi. Raddi. An Italian cryptogamic botanist, 
and traveller in Brazil. 
Raf., Rafi, Rafinesque Schmalx. A modern writer 
upon botanical matters. 
R. ^ S. Romer and Schultes. German editors of 
Linnjeus's Species Plantarum. 
R.B., R. Br., Robert Brown. A distinguished English 
R. Brovun. botanist, and traveller in New Hol- 
land. 
Rchb. Reichenbach. A German botanist. 
Rebent. Rebentisch. A Prussian botanist. 
Red. Redoute. A French botanical draughts- 
man. 
Relh. Relhan. A writer upon the Flora of 
Cambridgeshire. 
Retx., Rtx. Retxius. A German botanist. 
Rich. Richard. A French botanist. 
