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AUTHORITIES FOR GENERIC TITLES. 
Kunze. A German writer upon minute Cryptogamic plants. 
Lahillar. for Labil'ardiere. A French botanist, and traveller in 
Syria, New Holland, &c. 
Lagasca. A botanist of Spain. 
La Llat-e. A Mexican botanist. 
Lamarck. A French naturalist who wrote largely upon botany 
about the end of the eighteenth century. 
Lambert, A. B. An English patron of botany. 
Lamouroujc. A French writer upon marine plants. 
Lehmann. A German botanist and director of the Botanical 
Garden of Hamburgh. 
L'Herit. for L’Heritier. A French botanist 
Lvndley. Professor of botany in University College, London. 
Link. A botanist of Prussia. 
Linn, for Lmnccus. The great Swedish naturalist. 
Llex. for HexarrM. A Mexican botanist 
Laeffling. A Swedish traveller and botanist 
Lourdro. A Portuguese monk who wrote on the plants of 
Cochinchina. 
Lyngbye. A Danish writer on submarine Cryptogamic plants. 
Marcgrcu 
Martius. 
Medicas. 
Merat. 
Meyer. 
Mich, for 
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Mieheli, 
Miller'. 
MirbeL 
Maenth. 
Mdhring, 
Molina. 
of 
MiUis. 
V. One of the early naturalists who explored Brazil. 
A Bavarian naturalist and traveller in Brazil. 
A German botanist 
A French writer on the flowers of Paris. 
A botanist of Germany. 
Michaux. A French botanist who wrote on the plants 
North America. 
A Florentine microscopical botanist 
A German author on the Brazilian Flora. 
One of the ablest scientific English garden botanists. 
A French physiological botanist 
A German systematical botanist 
A writer on Cryptogamia in Germany. 
An Italian naturalist who wrote upon the flowers 
Chile. 
A Spanish botanist and correspondent of Linnseus. 
Meeker. A Germ in botanical writer. 
Mees. A German botanist and professor. 
Noronha. A Spanish botanist who visited the Philippines. 
Nuttall. An American traveller and botanist 
Rolander. A botanist of Sweden. 
Romer and Schultee. German botanists, and editors of the Sys- 
tema Vegetabilium of Linnaeus. 
Roscoe. English botanical author. 
Roth. A German writer on botany. 
Rotboll. A Danish botanist 
Rox, for Roxburgh. A botanist of India, formerly in charge of 
the botanic garden Calcutta. 
Rudge. An English botanical amateur. 
Ruiz and Paeon. See Flora Peruviana. 
Rumphius. A botanical author of the Herbarium Amboinense. 
Salis, for Salisbury. An English botanist 
Salm Dyde for the Prince of SUm Dyck. An illustrious German 
amateur. 
Saci. A botanist of Italy. 
Schlech. for SchlechtendahL A German botanist. 
Schmidt. A Bohemian botanist 
Schousb. for Schousboe. A Danish consul at Tangiers, author of 
a work on Morocco plants. 
Schrader, A German botanist 
Schreber. A botanist of Germany. 
Schumacher. A Danish botanist, who described many Sierra 
Leone plants. 
Scopoli. A botanist of Italy who wrote bn the flowers of 
Camiola. 
Semge. A French botanist 
Sibthorp. An English traveller in Greece, and botanist. 
Sims. An English garden botanist 
Smith, Sir J. E. Am English botanist, founder of the Linnsean 
Society. 
Stdander. A botanist of Sweden who sailed round the world 
with Banks and Cook. 
A French traveller in the East Indies. 
A writer in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 
A Swedish traveller at the Cape of Good Hope. 
A German botanist and antiquary. 
An English writer on marine plants. 
A noble botanist of Germany. 
A Swedish botanist who visited the West Indies, 
and published an account of the native plants. 
Sweet. An English garden botanist. 
Semnerat. 
Spach. 
Sparmann. 
Sprengei. 
Stackhouse. 
Sternberg. 
Swartz. 
Ortega. A botanist of Spain. 
Pawn. One of the authors of the Spanish Flora Peruviana. 
Pers. tor Persooh. A French botanist. 
Pliny. An ancient naturalist. 
Plumier. A French botanist and traveller in the West Indies. 
Poid. A botanist of Germany who travelled in BrazU. 
Poiteau. A French artist and botanist. 
Poppig and Endlieher. German botanists, the former a traveller 
in South America. 
Presl. A German systematical botanist 
Pursh. A Prussian gardener who wrote a Flora of North 
America. 
Rafin. for Rafinesque-Schmalz. A North American botanical 
writer. 
Ramond. A F rench botani st who wrote concerning the flowers 
of the Pyrenees. 
Reich, for Reichard. A German botanist 
Reichenbaek, A botanist of Germany. 
Retz. A German botanist who wrote on the flowers of 
Scandinavia. 
Rheede. A Dutch gentleman under whose orders the Hortus 
Malabaricus was published. 
Rich, for Richard. A French botanist and traveller in Demerara. 
Rinnus. A German botanist, 
Rdiil. fur Rdbillard. A French botanist 
Roehel. Superintendant of the garden at Pesth. 
Thouars for Du Petit Thouars. A French physiologist and 
traveller in Madagascar. 
Thun, for Thunberg. A Swedish botanist and traveller. 
Tode. A German author on Fungi. 
Toumefort. An ancient French traveller and botanist 
Trentepohl. A botanist of Germany. 
Trinius. A Russian writer on Graminese. 
Turpin, A French botanist and draftsman. 
Turra. A botanist of Italy. 
Vahl. A Danish botanical author. 
VaillarU, A French traveller and botanist 
Vandelli. A botanist of Portugal who wrote on the plants of 
Brazil. 
V aueh. for Vaueker. A Swiss writer on Confervae. 
Vela. 
Velloza. A Brazilian botanist 
Ventenat. A French garden botanist 
Villart. A botanist of France who wrote on the plants of 
Dauphiny. 
tVallich. Superintendant of the Calcutta botanic garden. 
fV alter. A writer on the plants of Carolina. 
fVeber. A German Cryptogamic botanist 
IVendland. A German garden botanist 
fVilld. for Willdenmo. A Prussian botanical writer. 
Zta. A botanist of Spain. 
