AUTHORITIES FOR GENERIC TITLES. 
Ach. for ^charius. A Swedish botanist and examiner of Lichens. 
Adams, F. A RusNian botanist and traveller in Siberia. 
Adanson. - A French traveller and botanist. 
Afzelins. A professor in Sweden,.aDd traveller in Sierra Leone. 
Agardh. A Swedish professor, bishop, and writer on Alga- 
ceous plants. 
Aiton. The manager of the Royal Kew Gardens. 
Albertini, Author of some dissertations on Fungi, 
Allioni. A botanist of Italy. 
Anderson. A London writer on Paeonies. 
Andr. for Andrews. An eminent English botanical artist. 
Andrzejowshi. A Russian botanist. 
Auhlet. A Frenchman who travelled in Guiana. 
’Bancroft. A physician resident in Jamaica. 
Banks. A celebrated English traveUer and promoter of 
science. 
Bartl. for Bartling. A botanist of Gottingen. 
Barton. Once a professor at Philadelphia. 
Bauhin, Caspar. A German botanist of the sixteenth century. 
Baumgarten. A botanist of Transylvania. 
Beauvois for Palisot de Beauvois. A French botanist and traveller 
in Africa. 
Benth. for Bentham, An English botanist, and secretary to the 
London Horticultural Society. 
Bergius. A Swede, and writer on Cape plants. 
Berkley. An English clergyman and writer on Fungi. 
Bemhardi. A botanist of Italy. 
Bertolini. A writer on Italian plants. 
Besser. A professor in Russia. 
Biebersfein. A Russian botanist, and writer upon the plants of 
Caucasus. 
Blunie. A Dutch botanist and traveller in Java. 
Boerhaave. An ancient botanist and physician. 
Bohmer. A German and writer on botany. 
Btycr. A botanist of the Mauritius. 
Borkhausen. An examiner of the plants of Hesse Darmstadt. 
Bory for Bory de St. Vincent. A French botanist and traveller. 
Bot. Reg. for Botanical Register. A botanical monthly periodical, 
commenced by Ker and now conducted by Lindley. 
Bot. Rep. for Botanical Repository. A botanical periodical, 
formerly conducted by Andrews and others. 
Bridel. A German author on Mosses. 
Brignoli. A botanist of Verona. 
Brongniart. A botanist of France. 
Browne, Patrick. An Irish botanist and writer on the plants of 
Jamaica. 
Brown, R. An English botanist and traveller in New Holland. 
Bulliard. A Frenchman and investigator of Fungi. 
Burmann. A Dutch writer on botany and patron of Linnseus. 
Carmichael. A Scotch botanist. 
Cassini, H. A French writer on Composite plants. 
Cavanilles. A botanist at Madrid. 
Chamisso. A German traveller and botanist. 
Choisy. A botanist of Switzerland. 
Colehrook. An English writer on the Flora of India. 
Colladon, J. F. A botanist of Genera. 
Commelin. A botanist of Holland. 
Commerson. A French traveller and botanist. 
Corda. A German botanist. 
Correa for Correa de Serra. A Portuguese botanist, diplomatist, 
and writer on botanical subjects. 
Coulter. An Irish physician and traveller in Mexico. 
Crantz. An Austrian Botanist. 
Cunn. A. for A. Cunningham. A British collector for the Kew 
Gardens. 
Cusson. A Swiss observer of Umbelliferae. 
CyrUli. Au Italian botanist. 
Dec. for Decandolle. A French botanist now resident as professor 
at Geneva. 
Desfon. for Desfontaines. A French traveller and botanist in 
Algiers. 
Desmazieres. A botanist of France. 
Desvaux. A French botanist. 
Dickson. An English examiner of Cryptc^amia. 
Dillenius, A German writer on botany, especially Mosses, 
settled in England when he was gardener to Gerard, at 
Eltham. 
Don, D. Librarian to the Linnaean Society and botanist. 
Don, G. An English botanist and traveller. 
Douglas. _ A collector of plants in North America for the 
Horticultural Society of London. 
Dryander. A Swedish botanist and long a librarian to Sir 
Joseph Banks. 
Dumont, for Dumont Courset. A French gardening author. 
E. Botany for English Botany. A periodical containing coloured 
figures of British plants by Sowerby and Sir J. E. Smith. 
Ehrhart. A botanist of Germany. 
Elliot. An American botanist who wrote on the plants of 
Carolina. 
Ellis. An English writer on marine plants. 
Endlicher. A German botanist. 
Fenzl. An Austrian botanist. 
FeuiUe. A French Jesuit who wrote on the plants of Chile. 
Fischer. A Russian botanist, and director of the Botanical 
Garden, St. Petersburg. 
Flora Peru, for Flora Peruviana. A work on the plants of Chile 
and Peru by Ruiz and Pavon, two Spanish botanists. 
Flugge. A German writer on Grasses, 
Forskahl. A Danish naturalist who travelled in Arabia. 
Forster. A traveller in the South Pacific Ocean. 
F ougeroux for Fougeroux de Bondaroxa. A French botanist of 
the last century. 
Fries. A writer on Fungi in Sweden. 
Gcertner. 
A German writer on the structure of fruit and 
Gaudich. for Gaudichaud. A French botanist and voyager, 
Gingins. A French botanist 
Gmelin. A Russian botanist and traveller in Sibetia. 
Gretille. An English author on Cryptogamic botany. 
Gronovius. A Dutch botanist 
Haller. A botanist and physician of Switzerland. 
Hamilton. A Scotch botanist and Indian traveller, sometimes 
called Buchanan. 
Harvey. A writer on Cryptogamic and Cape plants. 
Haworth. An English author on succulent plants. 
Hedwig, A German writer on Cryptogamic plants. 
Herbert. An English writer on Amaryllidaceous plants. 
Hilaire. A French botanist and traveller in Brazil. 
Hill. An English botanical writer. 
Hoffmann. A German botanical author. 
Hooker. A professor of botany at Glasgow. 
Hort. Kew. for Hortus Kewensis. A catalogue of the plants in 
the Royal Kew Gardens. 
Host. An Au-strian botanical writer. 
Hudson. An investigator of British plants. 
Humboldt and Bonpland. Botanists and travellers in America, &c. 
Jack. An English writer on the plants of the Indian 
Archipelago. 
Jackson. An English botanist. 
Jacq. for Jacquin. An Austrian botanist 
Jussieu. A French systematical botanist 
Kecmpfer. A traveller in Japan. 
Kalm. A Swedish pupil of Linnaeus who travelled in 
N. America. 
Kaulfuss. A German writer upon Ferns. 
Ker. A describer of plants in Bot Reg. 
Knoioles and IVestcott. Editors of the Floral Cabinet 
Koch. A profe.'-sor of botany at Erlangen. 
Konig. A German naturalist who traveUed in the East 
Indies. 
Kunth. A Prussian botanist who assisted in the arrange- 
ment and publication of the plants found in America bj' 
Humboldt and Bonpland. 
