GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF ENGLISH AND OTHER 
NAMES, ECONOMIC PRODUCTS, TECHNICAL 
TERMS, SPECIFIC NAMES, ABBREVIATIONS, 
GREEK AND LATIN PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES, 
ETC. 
All references to Part I. quote the page, the fuller reference being 
mentioned first, eg. absciss-layer, 156, 53 ; all to Part II. quote the 
article, eg. Acorn. Quercus. 
A number of English and other names for plants are incorporated 
in the Index, though not mentioned in the text of Part II. Most of 
the technical terms commonly met with are explained in Part I. , 
but a large number of less common ones are incorporated here and 
briefly explained. 
Genera and species often receive their names on account of some 
very marked character, eg. Eriodendron (wool-tree) or Acanthophyllum 
(thorn-leaf), littoralis (growing on the beach) or pusillus (dwarf). The 
chief prefixes and suffixes used in compounding names, and the commonest 
specific names have therefore been included. In many cases the meaning 
of the Latin name is obvious from its resemblance to an English one, 
and such cases have been omitted. 
Abbreviations are included in the Index, including the standard 
abbreviations of authors’ names placed as authorities after genera and 
species, e.g. Adans. (Adanson). Abbreviated titles of periodicals and 
other literature are intelligible by reference to pp. 214 — 6. 
Descriptions of floral morphology in Part II. are largely given in the 
terms of Floral Formulae, explained on p. 84. 
When the name of a genus or order is repeated in the article dealing 
with it, it is represented by the initial letter only, e.g. A. for Abies. 
The following mathematical and other symbols are largely used 
throughout the book : 
$ , hermaphrodite 
(? , male 
? , female 
( ) enclosing P, K, C, A, or G, 
united or concrescent 
00, indefinite, numerous 
x , hybrid 
§, section (of sp. or genus) 
± , more or less than 
>, more than 
< , less than 
X , at right angles to 
||, parallel to 
= , equal to, merged in 
!, seen by author 
At, micromillimeter, Trnnr mm * 
W. 
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