AUTHORITIES AND BOOKS. 
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Ell. Elliot, author of a Sketch of the Botany 
of South Carolina and Georgia. 
Eng. Bot. English Botany, 36 vols. By Sir 
J. E. Smith, the plates by Sowerby. The 
second edition of this work is arranged accord¬ 
ing to the Linnean system. 
Fisch. et Meyer. Fischer and Meyer, Russian 
botanists. 
FI. Cab. Floral Cabinet, conducted by Messrs. 
Knowles and Westcott, 3 vols. 
FI. Hist. Flora Historica, by Phillips, 2 vols. 
London. 
Forsk. Forskaol, a Danish botanist, author of 
several works on the Flora of Egypt, &c. 
Foug. Fougeroux de Bondaroy, a French 
botanist. 
Fuchs or Fuchsius. A German botanist, author 
of a Latin history of Plants, published at 
Basil in 1542. 
Gart. Giirtner. There are two botanical 
authors of this name, father and son. 
Gault. Dr. Gaulthier, a French writer on 
maple sugar. 
G. Don. George Don, Esq., author of a Gene¬ 
ral System of Botany, &c. &c. 
Gill. Dr. Gillies,a traveller in South America. 
Glox. Gloxin, author of Observationes Bota- 
nicae, Strasburg. 
Gmel. Gmelin. There were several botanists 
of this name, one of whom wrote the Flora 
Sibirica. 
Graham. Dr. Graham of Edinburgh. 
Guss. Gussone, a Neapolitan writer on plants. 
Ham. Dr. Buchanan, who afterwards took 
the name of Hamilton. A writer on Nepal 
plants. 
Hayne. A German botanical author. 
H. B. et Kunth. Humboldt, Bonpland, and 
Kunth, who wrote conjointly on the plants 
of South America. 
Hoff. G. F. Hoffman, a German botanist. 
Iloffm. et Link. Hoffman and Link, authors 
of the Flore Portugaise. 
Hook. Sir W. J. Hooker, Professor of Botany 
at Glasgow, and Editor of the Bot. Mag. 
Hook, et Arnott. Sir W. J. Hooker, and Dr. 
Arnott, in a work on the Plants of South 
America. 
Horn. Horneman, a Danish botanist, one of 
the authors of the Flora Danica. 
Hort. Berol. Hortus Berolinensis, Catalogue 
of Plants in the Berlin Garden. 
Hort. Duro. Hortus Duroverni, a Catalogue 
of the Plants, &c., in the Canterbury nursery. 
Hortus Kewensis. A work in 5 vols., contain¬ 
ing a Catalogue of the Plants cultivated in 
the Botanic Garden at Kew. 
Hort. Hortus, or Hortulanus, of gardens, or 
of gardeners; meaning a name common in 
gardens before it was recorded in any book. 
Houst. Houston, author of some papers in 
Phil. Trans. 
Jacq. The Baron Von Jacquin, of Vienna, 
author of many botanical works. 
Juss. Jussieu, tbe establisher of the Natural 
System of Botany. 
Iver. IT. Bellenden Ker, Esq., for some time 
Conductor of the Bot. Reg. 
Kunth. Author of the Flora Berolinensis, and 
other works. 
Knowl. et West. G. B. Knowles and F. 
Westcott, Esqrs., Conductors of the Floral 
Cabinet. 
Pers. Persoon, author of a work on Fungi, &c. 
Pliny. The ancient Roman naturalist. 
Poepp. Poeppig, author of Travels in South 
America. 
Pohl. Author of Plantarum Brasiless, &c., 
published at Vienna. 
Poir. Poiret, a French botanist, one of the 
authors of the Encyc. Methodique. 
Pursh. The author of a Flora of North 
America. 
Tausch. Author of several botanical works, 
published at Prague. 
Lag. La Gasca, Professor of Botany at Madrid 
in 1811 ; author of many works. 
La Llave e.t Lexarsa. Spanish botanists, who 
wrote on the plants of Mexico. 
Lam. Lamarck, a French botanist, one of the 
authors of the Encyclopedic Methodique. 
Lapey. La Peyrouse, author of the History of 
the Plants of the Pyrenees, &c. &c. 
Ledeb. Ledebour, a Prussian botanist, author 
of Flora Altaica, &c. 
Lehm. Lehman, a German botanist, author of 
many works. 
Leyss. Leysser, a German botanist. 
L’Herit. L’Hcritier, a French botanist, author 
of many works. 
Lindl. Dr. Lindley, author of the Ladies’ 
Botany, and many other Botanical works. 
Lin, Linnaeus. 
Lin. jun. The son of Linnaeus. 
Lin. Syst. Linnean System. 
Link. Professor of Botany at Gottingen. 
Link and Otto. Professor Link, and M. Otto, 
curator of the Berlin Bot. Gat'd., authors 
of several works. 
Lour. Loureiro, author of the Flora Cochin- 
chinensis, Lisbon, 1790. 
Mart. Mill. Professor Martyn’6 edition of 
Miller’s Dictionary, published in 1787. 
Maund’s Bot. Gard. The Botanic Garden, 
conducted by B. Maund, Esq., 8 vols. to the 
end of 1839. 
Michx. Michaux, father and son; two French 
botanists, who wrote on the plants of North 
America. 
Mill. Philip Miller, author of Miller’s Dic¬ 
tionary. 
Mill. Diet. The Gardener’s Dictionary. 
Moc. et Sess. Mocino and Sesse, two Spanish 
botanists, who published the Flora Mexicana. 
Mcench. A German botanist, author of many 
works. 
Moris. Morison, an old English botanical 
author in the 17th century. 
Murr. J. A. Murray, Esq., an English botanist, 
who published a work on the Linnean 
System, &c. 
N. Burm. Nicol Burmann, a Dutch botanist, 
author of several works. 
Neck. Necker, author of Elementa Botanica, 
&c. 
Nees von Essenbach. Author of Horae Physicae 
Berolinensis, &c. Bonn, 1820. 
Nutt. Nuttall, an American botanist, author 
of several works. 
Ortega. A Spanish botanist, author of the 
Continuation of the Flora Espanola. 
Raeusch. Racuschel, author of an enumeration 
of plants, &c., published at Leipsig. 
Raf. Rafinesque, an American ; author of the 
Medical Flora of the United States, &c. 
R. Br. Dr. Robert Brown, author of many 
woiks. 
Reich. Reichard, author of several botanical 
works published at Frankfort. 
Retz or Retzius. A German botanical author. 
Rich. Richard, father and son, French botanists, 
authors of many works. 
Riv. Rivinus, a German author of several 
works. 
Roem. et Schultes. Roemer a Swiss, and 
Schultes a German, who wrote conjointly 
Systema Vegetabilum, 7 vols., &c. 
Roth. A German botanical author. 
Roxb. Dr. Roxburgh, author of Hortus 
Bengalensis, &c. 
Ruiz et Pavon. Two Spanish botanists, who 
wrote the Flora Peruviana, &c. 
Sal. R. A. Salisbury, Esq., author of several 
botanical works. 
Schleclit. Professor Sclilechtendal of Berlin, 
conductor of the Linnea, and author of many 
botanical works. 
Schmidt. Author of Flora Bohemica, &c. 
Schott. A German botanist residing at Leipsig. 
Schou. Schousboa, a Swedish botanist, who 
wrote on the plants of Morocco. 
Schrad. Schrader, a Hanoverian botanist, author 
of several works. 
Scop. Scopoli, author of the Flora Carniolica, 
&c. &c. 
Shaw. Author of Travels in Barbary and the 
Levant, &c. 
Sib. et Fis. Dr. Sibthorp, a celebrated bota¬ 
nical traveller, and one of the authors of the 
Flora Graeca; and Dr. Fischer, Director of 
the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Peters- 
burgh. 
Sib, et Smith FI. Grasc. Dr. Sibthorp and Sir 
James Edward Smith in the Flora Grasca. 
Sims. Dr. Sims, for many years editor of the 
Bot. Mag. 
Smith. Sir James Edward Smith, author of 
many botanical works. 
Spach. A German botanist residing in Paris, 
celebrated for making many new species and 
genera. 
Sprang. Sprengcl, a German botanist, author 
of many botanical works. 
Stev. Steven, author of several works on the 
plants of Russia. 
Swt, Brit. Flow. Gard. The British Flower 
Garden, by Robert Sweet, 7 vols. 
Swt. Robert Sweet, author of the British 
Flower Garden, and several botanical works. 
