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AUTHORS NAMES and WORKS 
Referred to by the 
Abbreviations in this WORK. 
A C T. Phil. The Philofophical Tranfa&ions of 
the Royal Society. 
Ad. Reg. Sc. The Memoirs of the Royal Aca- 
demy of Sciences at Paris. 
Aldin. A Defcription of fome Rare Plants which were 
cultivated in the Farnefian Gardens at Rome, by To- 
bias Aldinus. Printed at Rome 1625, fol. 
Alpin. TEgypt. Prolper. Alpinus’s Natural Hiftory of 
Egypt, in two Parts. Reprinted in 4m at Leyden, 
1 735 - 
Alpin. Exot. Profper Alpinus of Exotic Plants in two 
Books. Printed in 4m at Venice, 1656. 
Amman. Char. Paul Amman’s Charaders of Plants. 
Printed in 1 2mo. 
Amman. Hort. Paul Amman’s Defcription of the Plants 
in the Garden of Bofius. Printed in 4to. 
Amman Joh. John Amman’s Hiftory of Ruffian Plants. 
Printed in 4m at Peterfburgh, 1739. 
Banifter. A Catalogue of Plants obferved in Virginia, 
by John Banifter. Printed in Ray’s Hiftory of Plants. 
Barrel. Icon. Jacob Barrelier’s Hiftory and Figures of 
the Plants which he obferved in France, Spain, and 
Italy. Printed at Paris in fol. 1714. 
Bocc. Rar. Figures and Defcriptions of Rare Plants, ob- 
ferved by Paul Boccone in Sicily, &c. Printed at 
Oxford 1674, in 4m. 
Bocc. Muf. Paul Boccone’s Mufeum of Rare Plants. 
Printed in Italian, in two Parts, at Venice, 1697, 
4to. 
Boerh. Ind. An Index of thePlants growing in thePhy- 
fic-Garden at Leyden, by Dr. Herman Boerhaave. 
Printed at Leyden 1719, in 4U). 
Breyn. Cent. I. The firft Century of Exotic Plants, by 
Dr. James Breynius. Printed at Dantzick, 1678, 
folio. 
Breyn. Prod. I. & II. The firft and fecond Prodromus 
to the Collodion of Rare Plants, by Dr. James Brey- 
nius. The firft printed in 1680, the fecond in 1689, 
at Dantzick, in 4to. Both reprinted at Dantzick in 
4to, by his Son John Philip Breynius. 
Barman. Dec. John Burman’s Decades of Rare African 
Plants. Printed in 4to at Amfterdam, 1738. 
Burrnan. Thef. John Burman’s Treafury of Ceylon 
Plants. Printed in 4to at Amfterdam, 1737. 
Buxbaum. Cent. I. & II. John Chriftian Buxbaum’s 
Century the Firft. Printed at Peterfburgh 1728, the 
Second 1729, both in 4m. 
Caefalp. Andrew Caefalpinus of Plants. Printed at Flo- 
rence 1583, in 4to. 
Carrier. Hort. Joacim Camerarius’s Garden of Plants. 
Printed in 4to at Frankfort, 1588. 
Catefb. 1 lift, Mark Catefby’s Natural Hiftory of Caro- 
lina, Florida, and the Bahama Ifiands. In two large 
volumes, fol. with cuts. Printed at London in fe- 
veral years. 
C. B. P. Cafpar Bauhinus’s Pinax to his Theatre of 
Plants. Printed at Bafil 1671, 4m. 
C. B. Prod. Cafpar Bauhinus’s Prodromus to his Thea- 
tre of Plants. Printed at Bafil 1671, 4to. 
Cluf. Hift. Charles Clufius’s Hiftory of Rare Plants, 
Printed at Antwerp 1605, fol. 
Clufi.Exot. Charles Clufius’s Erotics, in ten Books. 
Printed at Antwerp 1601, fol. 
Column. Ecphr. Fabius Columna’s Ecphrafis, in two 
Parts. Reprinted in 4to at Rome, 1616. 
Commel. Rar. Defcriptions and Figures of Rare Exotic 
Plants, which were in the Phyfic-Garden at Amfter- 
dam, by Calpar Commelin. Printed at Leyden iyofi, 
4to. 
Commel. Prml, Cafpar Commelin’s Prelude to Botany. . 
Printed at Leyden 1703, 4m. 
Corn. James Cornutus’s Hiftory of Canada Plants. 
Printed at Paris 1635, 4m. 
Dale. Samuel Dale’s Pharmacologiae, in two volumes 
8vo. Printed at London 1710, and reprinted in one 
volume in 4to at London, 1 735. 
Dale. Thom. Thomas Dale’s Gbfervations on many new 
Plants which he difcovered in America. MS. 
Dalech. Hift. Jacob Dalechamp’s General Hiftory of 
Plants. Printed at Lyons 1587, in two vols. fol. 
Dillen. Cat. John Jacob Dillenius’s Catalogue of the 
Plants which grow naturally about Giffam in Germa- 
ny. Printed at Frankfort 1719, 8vo. 
Dod. Pempt. Dodonaeus’s Six Pemptedes. Printed at 
Antwerp 1616, fol. 
Dodart. Dodart’s Commentaries to the Hiftory of Plants. 
Printed at Paris 1676, fol. 
Elchr. Elchrodt’s Index to the Plants in the Garden at 
Carolfruhan. In three parts, 8vo. 
Ferrar. PJefp. John Baptift Ferrarius’s Hefperides. 
Printed at Rome 1646, fol. 
Ferrar. FI. Cult. The Culture of Flowers, by J. Baptift: 
Ferrarius. Printed at Rome 1633, 4 t0 * 
Feuille. Ludovick Feuille’s Phyfical, Mathematical, and 
Botanical Obfervations, made in South America. 
Printed in three vols. 4to, at Paris. The firft and 
fecond in 1714, and the third 1725. 
Flor. Virg. Flor. Virginica, or an Account of the Plants 
which have been obferved to grow in Virginia, by 
John Clayton, Efq; Publiffied by Frederic Grono- 
vius at Leyden, in two parts, 8vo, 1739. 
Flor. Lugd. Flora Lugduno Batava, or a Catalogue' 
of the Rare Plants which were growing in the Garden 
at Leyden. Printed in 8vo at Leyden, 1 695. 
Flor. Zeyl. Flora Zeylanica, or a Catalogue of the 
Plants which were collected by Paul Herman in the 
Ifland of Ceylon, from 1670 to 1677. Printed at 
Amfterdam in 8vo, 1748, by Dr. Linn^us. 
Garidel. Peter Garidel’s Hiftory of the Plants growing 
about Aix in Provence. Printed at Paris 1719, fol. 
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