X AUTHORITIES FOR GENERIC TITLES.
Fischer.
Flügge.
Forshahl.
Forster.
A Russian botanist, and director of the
Botanical Garden, St. Petersburgh.
Flora Peru, for Flora Peruviana. A work on the plants
of Chill and Peru by Kuiz and
Pavon, two Spanish botanists.
A Gennan writer on Grasses.
A Danish naturalist who travelled in
Arabia.
A traveller in the South Pacific Ocean.
Fougeroux, for Fox^geroux de Bondaroxa, A French botanist
of the last century.
Fries. A writer on Fungi in Sweden.
Frcelicli, A German writer upon Gentiana.
Fwick. A German Cryptogamic botanist.
Gcertner. A Gorman writer on the structure of
f r u i t and seeds.
Gaudich. for Gaudichaud. A F r cnc h botanist and voyager.
Gill. ioY Gillies. A Scotch botaui-st.
Gingvns. A French botanist.
Gmelin. A Russian botanist and traveller in
Siberia.
Grceffer. An English writer on Herbaceous plants.
Graham, Dr. Formerly regius Professor of Botany at
Edinbui'gh.
Grcville. An English author on Cryptogamic
botany.
Gronovius. A Dutch botanist.
tialler. A botanist and physician of Switzerland.
Hamilton. A Scotch botanist and Indian traveller,
sometimes called Buchanan.
A writer on Cryptogamic and Cape
plants.
An English writer on succulent plants.
A German writer on Ci'yptogamic plants.
A Professor of botany at Cambridge.
A German botanist.
An English writer on Amaryllidaceous
plants.
Harvey.
Haw Orth.
Hedwig.
Henslow.
Heister.
Herbert.
Ililaire, A. de St. A F rench botanist and traveller in Brazil.
Hill.
Hoffmann.
Hobnsldold.
Hooker.
Hornemann.
Hort. Kew. foi
Host.
Hudson.
Humboldt
An English botanical writer.
A German botanical author.
A Danish botanist.
Father and son, distinguished English
botanists.
A Danish botanist.
Hortus Kcioensis. A catalogue of the plants
in the Royal Kew Gardens.
An Austrian botanical writer.
An investigator of British plants.
and Bonpland. Botanists and travellers in
America, &c.
Jack. An English writer on the plants of the
Indian Archipelago.
Jackson. An English botanist.
J acq. for Jacqidn. An Austrian botanist.
Jussieu. A French systematical botanist.
Kcempfer. A traveller in Japan.
Kalm. A Swedish pupil of Linnseus who travelled
in N. America.
Kaulfiiss. A German writer upon Ferns.
Ker. A desciiber of plants in Bot. Reg.
Kitaibel. A Hungarian botanist.
Knowles and Westcott, Editors of the Floral Cabinet.
Koch. A professor of botany at Erlangen.
Koenig. A German naturalist who travelled in the
East Indies.
Kuntli. A Prussian botanist who assisted in the
arrangement and publication of the
plants foun d in America by Humboldt
and Bonpland.
Kiinze. A German writer upon minute Cryptogamic
plants.
Lcd)illar. for Lahillardisre. A French botanist, and traveller
in Syria,. New Holland, &;c.
A botanist of Spain.
A Mexican botanist.
A French naturalist who wrote largely
upon botany about the end of the
eighteenth century.
An English patron of botany.
A French writer upon marine plants.
A French writer on the plants of the
Pyrenees.
A German botanical writer.
lagasca.
La Llave.
Lamarck.
Lambert, A. B.
Lamoroiix.
La Peyrouse.
Laxmann,
Ledebour. A botanist and traveller.
Lehmann. A German botanist, and formerly -director
of the Botanical Garden of
Hamburgh.
VHevit. for L'Héritier. A French botanist.
Lindley. Late Professor of botany in University
College, London.
Link. A botanist of Prussia.
Linn, for Linnceus. The great Swedish naturalist.
Llex. for Llexarza. A Mexican botanist.
Loddiges. Celebrated nurserymen.
Lcesel. An old Prussian botanist.
Loe^ing. A Swedish traveller and botanist.
Loiseleur Deslongchamps. A Frcnch botanist.
Loureiro.
Lynghye.
Marcgraav.
A Portuguese monk who wrote on the
I)lants of Cochinchina.
A Danish writer on submarine Cryptogamic
plants.
One of the early natural ist s who explored
Brazil.
K Bavarian naturalist and traveller in
Brazil.
Several German botanists.
A German botanist.
A French writer on the fiowers of Paris
A botanist of Germany.
Mich, for Michaux. A French botanist who wrote on the
plants of Nort h America.
A Florentine microscopical botanist.
A German author on the Brazilian Flora.
One of the ablest scientific English gaz*-
den botanists.
A French physiological botanist.
A German systematical botanist.
A writer on Cryptogamia in Germany.
An Italian natural ist who wrote upon the
flowers of Chili.
A Cryptogamic botanist.
A Nort h American botanist.
A German botanist.
A Spanish botanist and correspondent of
Linnseus.
Martins.
Mayer.
Medicus,
M er at.
Meyer.
Micheli.
Mikan.
Miller.
Mirhel.
Moench.
Mohring.
Molina.
Mougeot.
Muhlenberg.
Murray.
Mutis.
Necker.
J^ees.
Noronha.
Nuttall.
Ortega.
Otlh.
A German botanical writer.
A German botanist and professor. .
A Spanish botanist who visited the Philippines.
An American traveller and botanist.
A botanist of Spain.
A French botanical wi-iter.
Po.lisot de Beauvois. A French botanist and traveller in
Africa.
Panzer. A German botanist.
Pavón. One of the authors of the Spanish Flora
Peruviana.
Pax. for Sir J. Paxton. A great lover and promoter of
botany.
Pers. for Per¿oon. A French botanist.
Pliny. An ancient naturalist.
Plumier. A French botanist and traveller in the
"West Indies.
Pohl. A botanist of Germany who travelled in
Brazil.
Poiteau. A French artist and botanist.
Poppig and Endlicher. 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.
Raddi. An Italian Cryptogamic botanist.
Rañn. for R^i-jinesque. A Nor th American botanical writer.
Ra>nond. A French botanist who wrot e concerning
the flowers of the Pyrenees,
Reich, for Reichardt. A German botanist.
Reichenbach. A botanist of Germany.
Reinwardt. A botanist of Frankfort.
Retz. A German botanist who wrote on the
flowers of Scandinavia.
Rheede. A Dutch gentleman under whose orders
t h e Hortus Malabaricus was published.
Rich, for Richard. A French botanist and traveller in
Demei-ara.
Rivinus. A German botanist.
RoUl. for RobiUard. A French botanist.
ABBREVIATIONS.
Rachel Su p e r i n t e n d e n t of the garden at Pesth.
liolander, A botanist of Sweden.
m ^ Z l d Schultes. German botanists and e ^ o r s of t h
Systenia Vegetabilmm of Lnmieus.
An English botanical author.
A German writer on botany.
A Danish botanist.
Roxburgh. A botanist of India, formerly in
charge of the botanic garden, Calcutta.
A Dutch botanist.
An Indian Botanist.
An English botanical amateur.
A German botanist,
Roscoe.
Roth.
Rottbö'l.
Rox. for
Royen.
Royle.
Rudge.
Rudolph.
í í t ó and Pavon. Authors of Flora Peruviana. ^
i t o S «f Herbarium
Amboinense.
>Saíís. for An English botanist.
Sahn Duck for the Prince of Salm Dyck. An illustrious
German amateur.
Savi, A botanist of Italy.
Schkahr A German writer on grasses.
Schlech for Schlechtendahl A German botanist.
A Bohemian botanist.
Schousboe. A Danish consul at Tangiers,
Schmidt.
Schousb. for
Schrader.
Schrank.
Schreber.
Sch%atz.
Scimmacher.
Scotoli.
Seringe.
Sibthorp.
Sims.
Smith, Sir J. E.
Solmder.
author of a work on Morocco plants.
A German botanist.
A Bavai ian botanist.
A botanist of Germany.
A German botanist.
A Danish botanist, who described many
Sierra Leone plants.
A botanist of Italy who wrote on the
flowers of Carniola.
A French botanist.
An English traveller in Greece, and
botanist.
An English garden botanist.
An English botanist, founder of the Linnsean
Society.
A bot>inist of Sweden who sailed round
t h e world with Banks and Cook.
Sonnerat. A French traveller in the East Indies.
Spach. A French botanist, wri ter in the Annales
des Sciences Naturclles.
Sparmann. A Swedish traveller at the Cape of Good
Hope.
Sprengel. A German botanist and antiquary.
Stackhouse. An English wn-iter on marine plants.
Sternberg. A noble botanist of Gennany.
Steven. A Russian botanist.
St. Hilaire. A French botanist.
Swartz. A Swedish botanist who visited the West
Indies, and published an account of
t h e native plants.
Sweet. An English garden botanist.
Thouars for J)u Petit Thouars. A F rench physiologist and
traveller in Madagascar.
Thun. for Thunberg. A Swedish botanist and traveller.
Tode. A German author on Fungi.
Toui-nefort. An ancient French traveller and botanist.
Trentepohl. A botanist of Germany.
Trinius. A Russian writer on Gramineas.
Turpin. A French botanist and di-aughtsman.
T'urra» A botanist of Italy.
yahl. A Danish botanical author.
Vaillant. A French traveller and botanist.
Vandelli. A botanist of Portugal who wrote on the
plants of Brazil.
Vauch. for Vaucher. A Swiss writer on Conferva^,
Vellozo. A Brazilian botanist.
Ventenot. A French garden botanist.
Villars. A botanist of France who wrote on the
plants of Dauphiny.
Wahlenbevg.
Waltich.
Walter.
Weber.
Wendland.
A German botanist.
Formerly Superintendent "of the Calcutta
botanic garden.
A wri ter on the plants of Carolina.
A German Cryptogamic botanist.
A German garden botanist.
Willd. for Willdenow. A Prussian botanical writer.
Zea. A botanist of Spain.
Z^tccarini. A distinguished botanist.
ABBKEVIATIONS.
FIRST COLUMN.
COLOURS OF THE FL0WER3.
Apetal .
bh. .
bid.
blk. .
blu.
brk. eld. .
br. brn.
brnsh.
br. brt.
carm.
crim. .
dk. drk. .
gn. gr. gm.
giTLsh. gsh.
Igt. It. ,
li. Iii,
or. oran,
pa. .
pnk.
pksh.
pur.
pursh. purp
rich p.
rdsh. ,
ro. .
safî.
h
destitute of conspicuous petals,
bhish.
blood-coloured,
black or blackish,
blue or bluish,
brick red.
brown,
brownish,
bright.
carmine-coloured,
crimson,
dark,
green,
greenish,
light.
lilac-coloured.
orange-coloured.
pale.
pink.
pinkish.
purple.
purplish.
rich purple.
reddish.
rose-coloured.
saSron-coloured.
salm.
scar. scr.
spot,
strip. .
varieg.
vermil.
vio. .
wht. w. whtsh.
yel. .
yelsh. ysh. .
salmon-coloured.
scarlet.
spotted.
striped.
variegated.
vermilion-coloiired.
violet-coloured.
white or whitish.
yellow.
yellowish.
SECOND COLUMN.
PERIOD OF FLOWERING.
. January.
. . February.
. March.
. . April.
. May.
, . June.
. . July.
. . August.
. September.
. . October.
• . November.
. . December.