EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
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leucantha Willd., Gladiolus segetum Ker, Panicum repens 
L., &c. 
•f-f. — More or less naturalized or self-propagating and growing 
without culture, but certainly introduced originally: e.g. 
Cape Gooseberry ( Physalis eclulis Sims), Nicandra physa- 
lodes Gaertn., Ageratum conyzoides L., Eclipta prostrata L., 
Eupatorium adenophorum Spr., Passijlora ccerulea L., Cassia 
bicapsularis L., Pelargonium inquinans L., Lantana Camara 
L., Oxalis purpurea Jacq., Commelyna communis L., Colo- 
casia antiquorum Sch. (Inhame), Richardia cethiopica L., 
Arundo JJonax L., Maurandia, Aloe, Agave, Castor-Oil 
plant, Common Furze, Pomegranate, &c. 
fff. — Subnaturalized or perfectly acclimatized, but not self-pro- 
pagating, and growing not without some slight culture, or 
chiefly as a crop or common ornamental plant : e. g. Chest- 
nut, Oak, Plane, Acacia, Eobinia, Brugmansia, Fuchsia, 
Pelargonium, Heliotrope, Peach, Fig, Apricot, Quince, 
Midberry, Flax, Wheat, Rye, Barley, Orange, Lemon, 
Plum, Cherry, Vine, Guava, Rosemary, Buddlaea, Rose- 
apple, Lupines, French Beans, Gourds, Pumpkins, Onions, 
Cabbage, &c. 
N.B. When no mark at all is prefixed, the plant is considered to 
be certainly or probably indigenous. 
Books or Authors, etc. most frequently quoted. 
L Linnaeus. 
W Willdenow. 
DC DeCandolle, Prodromus. 
EB English Botany. 
EBS English Botany Supplement. 
RIB Reichenbach’s Icon. Botan. s. Plantae Criticae. 
RFG Reichenbach’s Icon. Florae Germanicae et Helvet. 
s. FI. Germ. Excurs. 
BM Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. 
BH Banksian Herbarium at the British Museum. 
HII Hookerian Herbarium at Kew. 
Sm. E. FI. . . Smith’s English Flora. 
II. FI. Sc. . . Hooker’s Flora Scotica. 
Brot Brotero’s Flora Lusitanica. 
Desf. Desfontaines’ Flora Atlantica. 
WB Webb and Berthelot’s Phytographia Canariensis. 
Presl Presl’s Flora Sicula, Pragae 1820. 
Koch Koch’s Synopsis FI. Germ. Ed. 2. Lips. 1843-45. 
Bab Babington’s Manual of British Botany, Edit. 4. 
1850. 
Bucli Von Buch’s List of Madeira Plants in “ Abliand- 
lungen der Konigl. Akademie der Wissen- 
